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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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      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
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      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
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      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
      Representative to the UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks during the UN General Assembly emergency special session, on December 12 in New York City. Getty Images via AFP
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      America's stubborn Gaza policy is drawing it into isolation

      The Biden administration's unwillingness to call for a ceasefire has become apparent to the world

      CommentDecember 18, 2023
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      Could a US budget fight end the Ukraine war?

      Kyiv's day of reckoning may be here, as citizens of the West seek a swift end to the expensive conflict

      CommentDecember 11, 2023
      US President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the conflict between Israel and Gaza in Washington on October 19. AFP
      The US can fix the Palestine-Israel issue with two words

      Biden needs to say 'No' to Israel and 'Yes' to support a UN Security Council resolution recognising Palestine as a state

      CommentDecember 07, 2023
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      Why definitions matter in the Israel-Gaza war

      It is imperative to break through the stranglehold of imposed definitions and demand peace with justice

      CommentDecember 01, 2023
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