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.
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.
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