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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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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis holds a news conference during an official trip to Israel. His was one of three visits by prominent US political leaders to the country last month. Reuters
US politicians' visits to Israel reveal a changing relationship

Democratic and Republican figures are having to deal with evolving attitudes to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict back home

CommentMay 11, 2023
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden (L) in Wilmington, Delaware, and US President Donald Trump (R) in Washington, both during an election night speech early November 4, 2020. AFP
A Biden vs Trump replay in 2024 is almost certain

While both candidates are backed by their base, neither has age particularly on their side

CommentMay 04, 2023
A Muslim and Arab community gathering held by the Arab American Institute in Brooklyn, New York in 2021. Michael Falco
America must end the scourge of profiling Arabs and Muslims

The Biden administration needs to do away with the last vestiges of a dangerous and failed Bush-era policy

CommentApril 28, 2023
Rev Jesse Jackson pictured during his 1984 US presidential campaign in Chicago. He defended Arab-American participation in political coalitions that had tried to exclude them. Getty
Arab Americans found an ally in Jesse Jackson

The community’s relationship with the civil rights leader began in the 1970s

CommentApril 21, 2023
Arab Americans have continued to organise, mobilise their vote and coalesce with allies. Getty
Arab Americans have fought hard to be recognised

A recent proclamation from Joe Biden follows years of struggle to overcome exclusion and discrimination

CommentApril 14, 2023
Former US President Donald Trump at court in New York, on April 4. Reuters / Bloomberg
Is Trump really invested in making America great again?

The former president's esteem for the foundational values of the US is questionable

CommentApril 06, 2023
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20 years after Iraq, Americans remain in the dark about the war

There's little accountability about what happened two decades ago, which has made the US weaker on the world stage

CommentMarch 28, 2023
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The Saudi Arabia-Iran diplomatic ties need to be viewed with cautious optimism

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CommentMarch 21, 2023
University students demonstrate in Gaza City on February 26, in support of the West Bank and against the Aqaba summit between Israel and Palestinians. AFP
The Palestine-Israel talks at Aqaba point to the futility of half measures

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CommentMarch 14, 2023
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CommentMarch 09, 2023
Former US President Jimmy Carter works at a Habitat for Humanity building site in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 2, 2015. AP
Carter's reputation as 'America’s greatest ex-president' has been well earned

The former president, now in hospice care, will leave a rich legacy of public service that he and his wife Rosalynn did for decades

CommentMarch 03, 2023
Journalists react during Israeli aerial bombardment in Gaza City on August 6, 2022. AFP
Journalists aren't asking tough questions to Palestinians or Israelis

Aspects of the media coverage of both sides have been disappointing

CommentFebruary 22, 2023
Melhem Khalaf (L) and Najat Saliba refuse to leave Parliament until Lebanese lawmakers elect a president. AFP
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CommentFebruary 15, 2023
Israeli settlers carry an Israeli flag as Palestinian and Israeli activists march during a protest against the eviction of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, in Jerusalem, last month. EPA
America is partially responsible for Israel's tilt to the right

Washington's policies continue to enable hardliners and weaken the forces for peace with Palestinians

CommentFebruary 08, 2023
US troops take control of an unspecified area in southern Iraq, March 2003. Reuters
How I tried and failed to get the Democrats to oppose the US invasion of Iraq

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CommentFebruary 03, 2023
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