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      James Zogby

      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 US Congress’s vote to override president Barack Obama’s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act was both embarrassing and irresponsible. Gene Boyars / AP Photo
      Overriding Obama’s veto won’t help terror victims

      James Zogby explains why the US Congress is playing politics by pushing unnecessary 9/11 legislation

      OpinionOctober 01, 2016
      A Syrian man sits inside his tents at Ritsona refugee camp north of Athens, which hosts about 600 refugees and migrants. Petros Giannakouris / AP Photo
      Flawed refugee account plays politics with Syrian Christians

      James Zogby rebuts an article suggesting that the US has refused refugee status to Christian Syrians while allowing in many Muslims

      OpinionSeptember 24, 2016
      Hillary Clinton is not seen as honest and trustworthy by a majority of American voters. Andrew Harnik / AP Photo
      You can’t be sure of much in our unpredictable world

      James Zogby on a trifecta of baffling events: Trump leading or pulling level in polls; Congress passing the 9/11 bill and the Obama administration reaching a $38bn deal with Israel

      OpinionSeptember 17, 2016
      Smoke billowing from the Pentagon in Washington, DC after an airplane crashed into it on September 11, 2001. Luke Frazza / AFP
      Remembering ‘the day that changed everything’

      On the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, James Zogby looks back on the events of that day and the aftermath

      OpinionSeptember 10, 2016
      Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives at a rally in Phoenix. Evan Vucci / AP Photo
      Inside Donald Trump’s world of contradictions

      Few of the Republican nominee's policy positions add up under scrutiny, writes James Zogby

      OpinionSeptember 03, 2016
      A man walks past a mural with writing in Arabic that reads, "My country, you gave us love and light, which revealed paths for the lost" in the Israeli Arab city of Umm Al Fahm. Ammar Awad / Reuters
      Palestinians inside Israel continue to defy today

      James Zogby predicts that Palestinian citizens of Israel will emerge as the new leadership of a unified Palestinian community fighting for justice and equality

      OpinionAugust 27, 2016
      Friends and neighbours of Khalid Jabara create a memorial outside the Jabara family home. Sue Ogrocki / AP
      How the system failed to protect a family from hate

      James Zogby says the killing of Khalid Jabara in Tulsa, Oklahoma could have been avoided

      OpinionAugust 20, 2016
      Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Connecticut. Evan Vucci / AP Photo
      Even if Trump loses, his legacy will poison American politics

      Decent Republican leaders should offer the country a heartfelt mea culpa, says James Zogby

      OpinionAugust 14, 2016
      The status of Jerusalem remains a point of contention despite significant progress for Arab and Muslim interests in the Democrats' policy platform. Ammar Awad / Reuters
      Drafting political policies brings small victories

      While Palestine is not being treated fairly, James Zogby says there is much for the Muslim and Arab world to celebrate in the latest Democrat policy platform.

      OpinionAugust 06, 2016
      A supporter of Bernie Sanders holds up a sign during a rally in Philadelphia during the final day of the Democratic National Convention. AP Photo / John Minchillo
      The conventions were a mirror on the race so far

      The current American presidential election is unlike any other in history, writes James Zogby

      OpinionJuly 30, 2016
      Republicans are calling their document the “strongest pro-Israel platform, ever”, while Democrats are terming their language on Israel/Palestine the “most progressive, ever”. Dominick Reuter / AFP
      Bad policy dominates America’s political future

      James Zogby reviews the place of the Israel-Palestine conflict in the American presidential election

      OpinionJuly 23, 2016
      The main US parties' conventions will be covered less than previous but are promising higher levels of drama. Alex Brandon / AP
      What to look out for at this year’s US conventions

      The coverage might be less but this years US political conventions are promising drama, writes James Zogby.

      OpinionJuly 16, 2016
      Frank Gaffney, founder and president of the Center for Security Policy, was a speaker at a contentious conference about persecuted religions. Win McNamee / Getty Images / AFP
      Preaching hatred of Islam does not help Christians

      A US conference supposed to protect persecuted religious minorities in the Middle East was anything but, writes James Zogby.

      OpinionJuly 09, 2016
      Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders addressing supporters in New York. Craig Ruttle / AP Photo
      America needs to recognise Palestinian pain

      James Zogby recounts his remarks about Palestine at the US democratic party platform drafting meeting

      July 02, 2016
      A supporter claps as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in New York. Trump has occasionally spoken about his Christian faith (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
      Does religion matter in the US political arena?

      Private faith should only become a campaigning topic when it is part of an authentic story, writes James Zogby

      OpinionJune 25, 2016
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