ZOA lobbies Congress on Iran, PA http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/04/22/2293994/zoa-lobbies-congress-on-iran-pa

WASHINGTON — Activists for the Zionist Organization of America lobbied Congress to consider military action against Iran.In more than 100 meetings with members of Congress on Wednesday, the ZOA said hundreds of its activists also asked the lawmakers to defund the Palestinian Authority, press the U.S. embassy issue and enshrine anti-Jewish discrimination safeguards in education legislation.

Thirty lawmakers addressed the group’s luncheon, the ZOA said. The activists “urged the necessity of military action should peaceful, diplomatic measures fail to stop Iran’s drive to obtain a nuclear weapons capability,” a ZOA statement said, and called for a suspension of assistance for the Palestinian Authority until it ends incitement, outlaws terrorist groups and confiscates illegal weapons