Morton Klein | President of the Zionist Organization of America | 10-20-25

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🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Morton Klein, President of the Zionist Organization of America, calls into the program to talk about the upcoming ZOA gala, the nuances of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, and his criticisms of certain political slogans and figures. He emphasizes the significance of Israel re-engaging with Hamas, praises Donald Trump's support for Israel, and criticizes the potential election of an anti-Israel candidate in New York. The discussion also highlights the ZOA's upcoming events and guest speakers, including various diplomats and influential figures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Morton Klein is the president of ZOA, the World Zionist Congress, which of course is the Zionists of America.
0:08.2	That's the group I'm aligned with.
0:10.2	Those are my peeps.
0:11.6	So here he is making his second appearance on sitting friends in the morning, making people like Akiba Kovits and all those people happy.
0:19.5	My guy, Morton Klein.
0:20.5	Mort good morning. How are you?
0:22.5	It is a thrill to be on the hottest radio show in America. Thank you.
0:26.5	Oh, come on. The thrill is mine. You're a wonderful man. We had a chance to speak together in Jerusalem
0:31.7	with the JNS.NS.org annual conference. People like me, you, Mike Huckabee, Mark Levine, Bruce Pearl, Ron Dormer,
0:39.0	that was amazing, and you do an incredible job for ZOA. And I guess, Morton, in about a week or so,
0:46.9	our group will be heading to Israel to take part in the Congress, yes?
0:52.7	Yes, the end of October. You're exactly right.
0:55.5	That's coming up in a couple of weeks, and then right after that, you've got the annual
1:00.8	Z-O-A gala, which I'm honored that you asked me to be a part of, and my friend Oprah
1:05.3	O'Connis.
1:06.2	That's coming up November 6th.
1:07.7	Tell me about that.
1:08.9	It's November 9th, Sunday night.
1:16.2	Oh, 9th, right. Sunday night, we are honoring the Israel ambassador to the United States, Yihiliter, the great, one of the greatest orators I've ever heard.
1:20.4	Love him.
1:20.6	There will give us an update of what's going on in Gaza.
1:23.6	We're going to be honoring the head of Donald Trump's anti-Semitism campaign, Leo Terrell,
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