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James Zogby

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After receiving his PhD in Comparative Religions and Middle East Studies and then teaching for a number of years, Dr James Zogby began a career in politics. During the past five decades, he founded a number of Arab-American civil rights organisations, served in a leadership role in the Democratic Party and in five Democratic presidential campaigns, and received appointments from both presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. He also founded Zogby Research Services, which has conducted groundbreaking public opinion polling across the Middle East.
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An old Palestinian man holds a key of his old home as he marks the 74th anniversary of Nakba in Fawwar refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, on May 15, 2022. EPA
Stories of hope and sorrow merge in the Palestinian bond with their land

Attachment to ancestral homes and to the land is central to Palestinian national identity, more so now

CommentApril 02, 2024
Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza raise their arms as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies in Washington last October. EPA
What's missing from America's Palestine policy? The human element

In Washington, the Arab-Israeli conflict has been reduced to 'Israeli humanity versus the Palestinian problem'

CommentMarch 25, 2024
The US is Ukraine's largest military aid partner. Reuters
How Ukraine and Gaza threaten American leadership at home and abroad

Despite the absence of any US soldiers, these two wars are changing the way its leaders are perceived by everyone

CommentMarch 19, 2024
US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, on March 7. EPA / Bloomberg
State of the Union convinced me US presidents should stop doing them

The speech has become a charade that deepens the partisan divide rather than unifying America

CommentMarch 11, 2024
A Democratic voter uncommitted to President Joe Biden in Dearborn, Michigan. Getty Images via AFP
Michigan’s voters have spoken and Biden needs to read the room

The more than 101,000 'uncommitted' protest votes – one of the largest ever recorded – are enough to make a difference in November

CommentMarch 04, 2024
US President George W Bush, centre, discusses the Middle East peace process with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, left, and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in Aqaba, Jordan in 2003. Reuters
Biden is hardly the only US president to have failed the Arab world

Every US presidency has been shaped by conflict in the Middle East – and viewed it solely through the lens of Israel

CommentMarch 01, 2024
PLO leader Yasser Arafat and his supporters in Lebanon in August 1982. AFP
Arab Americans today are vastly different from 1982

A new generation has become emboldened and skilled in building coalitions and direct political action

CommentFebruary 21, 2024
People gather for a rally calling on Israel to stop its Rafah invasion in Gaza, at Union Square, on February 12, in New York City. Getty Images via AFP
What is Gaza's 'day after', and other questions that the US needs to ask Israel

The root problems with the Israeli occupation are rarely discussed

CommentFebruary 14, 2024
Flags supporting former President Donald Trump flutter in the breeze on the road leading into Mt. Holly Springs, Pa. , on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. The town is in Cumberland County, where Trump beat President Joe Biden by around 25 percentage points in 2020. AP
Political ads in the US are adding fuel to an 'Armageddon election'

Republicans and Democrats will have billions of dollars to spend in November, a chunk of which will be spent slamming opponents

CommentFebruary 08, 2024
People attend a protest outside of a federal court building where members of the Palestinian community present oral argument in a lawsuit filed against U. S. President Joe Biden, U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U. S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin seeking an emergency order halting U. S. support for Israel?s ongoing conflict between with Hamas in Gaza, in Oakland, California, U. S. , January 26, 2024. REUTERS / Carlos Barria
In America, calls for a Gaza ceasefire are growing

Public opinion in the country is changing, including among many in government

CommentFebruary 01, 2024
Supporters of Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump cheer during a campaign rally in Rochester, New Hampshire, on Sunday. AFP
Defeating Trump would be like treating the symptom, not the disease

The former president's enduring power speaks to a restiveness in American society that needs addressing urgently

CommentJanuary 24, 2024
US President Joe Biden listens during a virtual meeting with Democratic governors in Washington last July. AP
Biden needs to listen to Democratic voters on Gaza

As the civilian death toll mounts, a significant portion of US public opinion has shifted away from Israel

CommentJanuary 17, 2024
Palestinians walk amid debris of buildings hit in Israeli strikes, near Al-Zawiya market in Gaza City. AFP
Broken promises and empty pledges stopped Gaza's progress decades ago

Well before the group's policies brought much pain to Palestinians, I saw first-hand how Israel sabotaged the enclave's development

CommentJanuary 09, 2024
Israeli soldiers fire mortar shells near their border with Gaza on Wednesday. Reuters
Almost three months after October 7, lessons have yet to be learnt

The Israelis, Palestinians and Americans are all doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results

CommentJanuary 03, 2024
An art work "Nativity under the Rubble" by Palestinian artist Tariq Salsa is seen in Manger Square near the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank. Getty Images
For Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem, adversity tells the story of Christmas

A more faithful rendition of the Christmas narrative aligns with today’s reality in Gaza

CommentDecember 25, 2023
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