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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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      The flag of Palestine on a rooftop across from the newly-built Israeli settler outpost in the village of Beita, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on June 18, following a protest against Israeli settlements. AFP
      For Palestinians nothing has changed

      Netanyahu is out but annexation and oppression continue

      CommentJune 29, 2021
      Leader of Israeli Opposition Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting with his Likud party in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem June 14. Reuters
      The question of Netanyahu's legacy

      He is sometimes viewed as a manoeuverer with no goal other than personal power

      CommentJune 23, 2021
      Edna Osborne, centre holds her head down in prayer during the dedication of a prayer wall in the Greenwood neighbourhood during the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Monday, in Okhlahoma, May 31. AP
      On centenary of the Tulsa massacre, America must confront history

      Both sides of the American story, good and bad, are true and both must be acknowledged

      CommentJune 20, 2021
      A vast majority of the Republican Party's base believes Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election. Reuters
      America is starting to forget the meaning of 'bipartisanship'

      US party politics is seeing civility displaced by fear

      CommentJune 20, 2021
      Opposition to foreign intervention is one of the few cross-party issues remaining in the US. AFP
      Biden, Iraq and an old law

      Repealing authorisation used to justify the Iraq invasion should not become an excuse for American disengagement

      EditorialJune 15, 2021
      Evangelical Christian volunteers from the US harvest grapes for an Israeli winery. Getty
      Israel is over-invested in its relations with America's evangelicals

      The US ultra-religious right supports Israelis for all the wrong reasons, and even that support is weakening

      CommentMay 31, 2021
      Activists and protesters march in support of Palestine near the Washington monument in Washington. AFP
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      In 45 years, I've never seen the US shift this much on Palestine

      Finally, the US is having a real debate, but it's still far from perfect

      CommentMay 24, 2021
      Arab-Americans have learnt that if they overcome their differences and work together towards protecting their rights, the community will be built. G Morty Ortega / Getty Images / AFP
      Arab-Americans overcome many challenges to maintain a shared identity

      It took hard work and a generation for a sense of community to take hold

      OpinionJuly 22, 2017
      Don't expect much from Donald Trump in Palestine Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo
      Why Trump won’t be able to forge a peace deal

      The prospect for a peace deal in Israel and Palestine are dim under Trump, writes James Zogby

      OpinionJuly 21, 2017
      Egyptians attend mass at the St Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the Bani Mazar province, in the Minya governorate. Mohamed El Shahed / AFP
      Egypt’s cycle of discontent keeps on turning

      Association with individuals and groups that fan the flames of hatred and division does not help protect vulnerable Christians in the Middle East, writes James Zogby

      OpinionJune 24, 2017
      A woman looks at the debris of her home after it was demolished by Israeli bulldozers near Hebron. Hazem Bader / AFP
      The sins and horrors of 1967 are alive today

      Celebrating victories while ignoring victims, only ensures that no lessons are learnt, thereby only serving to lay the predicate for the next war, writes James Zogby

      OpinionJune 17, 2017
      Diversity should be America’s greatest strength

      The intolerance shown by the Trump administration towards other communities threatens the fundamental liberty of religious freedom, writes James Zogby

      OpinionJune 10, 2017
      Security forces examine the scene inside the St. Mark Cathedral in central Cairo, Egypt, following a deadly bombing. Nariman El-Mofty / AP
      How ‘Faithkeepers’ betrays those it seeks to help

      James Jogby says that the recent massacre of 29 Egyptian Coptic Christians served as a reminder of the vulnerability of minorities in the Middle East

      OpinionJune 03, 2017
      King Salman of Saudi Arabia presents Donald Trump with the highest civilian honor, the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud, at the Royal Court Palace, in Riyadh. Evan Vucci / AP Photo
      Trump can’t use the same script when he performs on home stage

      Unlike abroad, President Donald Trump faces more challenges writing his own script inside the United States, writes James Zogby

      The NationalMay 28, 2017
      American president Donald Trump in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 20, 2017. Bandar Al Jaloud / AFP Photo / Saudi Royal Palace
      Donald Trump and the fight he is unlikely to win

      James Zogby previews Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia

      OpinionMay 20, 2017
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