WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy:
The
Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) was ordered on seven separate
occasions to register under the 1938 Foreign Agents Registration Act
(FARA) according to newly declassified Department of Justice (DOJ)
files. On October 17, 2012 the National Archives and Records Administration released under FOIA the long-secret files, now available online at the Israel Lobby Archive.
ZOA incorporated on April 14, 1920 in New York. DOJ officials determined in 1947
that ZOA was controlled by the World Zionist Organization (WZO), a
global entity composed of dues-paying members committed to the Zionist
program for a Jewish state in Palestine. ZOA activities, negotiations
with governments and NGOs were all subject to WZO approval. ZOA regarded
WZO as the ultimate disciplinary and dispute resolution authority. ZOA
was also beholden to WZO orders for unspecified "political actions of
another kind."
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