Originally published in Newsmax
A storm is brewing in the conservative movement as Morton A. Klein, president of the influential Zionist Organization of America, issued a blistering rebuke of the Heritage Foundation’s continued support for former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
In a sharply worded opinion piece published this week by Jewish News Syndicate, Klein accused Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts of whitewashing and allying with “Jew-hating, Israel-basher Tucker Carlson” and warned that the ZOA would sever all ties with Heritage if the organization refuses to distance itself from Carlson.
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For decades, the Heritage Foundation has been one of the leading intellectual bastions of American conservatism — staunchly defending the U.S.-Israel alliance and opposing antisemitism. The ZOA had long partnered with Heritage on “Project Esther,” a collaborative effort to combat antisemitism and promote pro-Israel education.
Several prominent Jewish leaders and organizations — reportedly including the Israel Innovation Fund, the Coalition for Jewish Values , Young Jewish Conservatives, the Combat Antisemitism Movement, and the National Jewish Advocacy Center — have quietly withdrawn from Heritage’s antisemitism task force.
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