CAPITOL HILL MISSION
“It’s wonderful to have ZOA back with us. So many of the
national ZOA leaders came out of Maryland. Thank you for
your extraordinary relationship. There have been 70 years of
a relationship between the US and Israel....I want to applaud
ZOA for maintaining that relationship.”
-Sen. Ben Cardin
have an administration that doesn’t draw a moral
equivalence between Palestinian terrorists killing
innocent men, women and children, and the brave
IDF soldiers defending them. To have a president
that doesn’t refuse to see the Prime Minister of
Israel and treat him like a second-class citizen. .
catastrophic Iran deal. This deal was a disaster
when it was negotiated; it was a disaster when it
was signed; it was a disaster every single day it has
been in effect. . . . I was emphatically on the side
of those urging moving the embassy. Those who
said ‘Don’t move the embassy,’ had grand visions
of a peace deal, but I believe we will not have
peace until the Palestinian leadership recognizes
the Jewish state of Israel and renounces terrorism.
. . . It’s the fourth time I’ve been to Israel in the
past 5 years. Those of you who celebrate Passover
say, ‘Next year in Jerusalem.” Today I say to you,
‘Next week in Jerusalem.’”
Senator Ben Cardin (D–MD), Ranking
many of the national ZOA leaders came out of
Maryland. Thank you for your extraordinary relationship.
There have been 70 years of a rela-
Truman made the decision to recognize Israel
that relationship.”
Congressman Lee Zeldin (R–NY) praised
the ZOA’s Klein saying, “Mort Klein is such an
amazing stalwart champion of your cause every
day, with a message that gets heard all across the
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it. If you’re in a foxhole, you want Mort Klein
there with you . . . My family history with ZOA
goes back to when Justice Louis Brandeis was
president of ZOA. . . . I’m making the trip to
Israel for a historic announcement on Monday
made, and that other presidents made. Jerusalem is
the unquestionable, undivided capital of the Jewish
state of Israel.”
Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
spoke about the problem of rising anti-Israel
I’m worried about as a Democrat. Israel must
be a bipartisan issue. Israel is our key ally in the
region, the key democracy, our supporter in terms
of military and technology. The relationship is im-
sign on to anything that is not bipartisan. It is es-
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so I see how the money moves. Billions of dollars
are moving to fund terror. . . . The march by
encompassing the states of the eastern Mediterranean,
goes against everything we believe and
hope for in this room. This issue has become
strongly partisan. It should be about our security,
and security in the region.”
Congressman Louie Gohmert (R–TX):
“Iran continues to spin centrifuges. . . . If Iran was
going to develop nukes, Iran is going to do it in the
military facilities, which the IAEA is not allowed to
inspect. . . . If Iran lives up to the agreement, Iran
will have nukes ten years after the agreement was
signed. It’s the world’s problem. . . . I looked for
a verse in the Bible saying, ‘Those who betray Israel
will be blessed,’ but I haven’t found it. . . . There
has never been a time since Israel’s inception, that
when Israel has given away land, it wasn’t used as
a staging area for attacks on Israel. . . . You
“I am so
grateful for the
strength and
clarity of vision
of the men
and women
here. Mort is
standing up and
speaking the
truth no matter
what the blowback,
no matter
what the repercussions.
. . . I
am grateful for
ZOA’s clarion
voice. I seek
Mort’s advice
on all issues
relating to
Israel.”
-Sen. Ted Cruz
(R-TX)
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