Like many Jewish groups, the Zionist Organization of America released a statement expressing outrage at the kidnapping of three Israeli teens in the West Bank.

Like the Israeli government, the group accused the Palestinian Authority of culpability in the matter given that it is now backed by Hamas as a result of a unity agreement between Palestinian factions.

Also like the Israeli government, the ZOA criticized the Obama administration’s decision to continue working with the P.A. even though the authority is now backed by Hamas.

But the hawkish advocacy group used much stronger language in its condemnation of the Obama administration’s approach, calling it “nothing less than a diplomatic Kristallnacht.”

Monday’s ZOA statement begins as follows: