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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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      Viewpoint with James Zogby: The keys to the White House – Video
      Viewpoint with James Zogby: The keys to the White House – Video
      WorldMarch 27, 2016
      Republican contender Ted Cruz appears at the Aipac event. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
      Only Bernie Sanders refused to pander to Israel lobby

      James Zogby looks at who said what at Aipac event

      OpinionMarch 26, 2016
      Viewpoint with James Zogby: 2016 Super Tuesday - video
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      OpinionMarch 22, 2016
      A poster calling people to boycott Israeli products is seen on a shop door in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Majdi Mohammed / AP Photo
      Israel turns the Congress into its cheerleader

      The debate about boycotting Israel has moved to the United States Congress, writes James Zogby

      March 19, 2016
      A survey of Israeli attitudes towards the country's Arab minority are disturbing. Mahmoud Illean / AP
      Israel’s political culture is now utterly intolerant

      Disturbing findings of Israeli intolerance towards its Arab minority were deliberately downplayed by The New York Times, argues James Zogby.

      OpinionMarch 12, 2016
      Can the Republicans bounce back after Trump? Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
      Why Trump is the thorn in the establishment’s side

      Donald Trump is destroying the Republican party from the inside, writes James Zogby

      OpinionMarch 05, 2016
      Seeing Donald Trump at one of his rallies or a debate is much like watching an episode of WWE Smackdown, says James Zogby. (Sue Ogrocki / AP)
      Trump’s world resembles a wrestling spectacular

      The leading Republican Party presidential candidate is putting in a theatrical performance says James Zogby

      OpinionFebruary 27, 2016
      Hillary Clinton is running on a rather traditional liberal/ moderate platform. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News
      The core issues behind Sanders-Clinton contest

      James Zogby wonders whether voters will opt for experience or they will gravitate towards a candidate they trust who they think cares for them

      OpinionFebruary 20, 2016
      Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a forum on race and economic opportunity. Evan Vucci / AP photo
      Sanders was right about Iraq in 2002 – and still is

      Despite political attacks on his presidential campagin, Bernie Sanders understood the dangers of the Iraq war, writes James Zogby

      OpinionFebruary 13, 2016
      Ban Ki-moon's remark about occupation prompted Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accuse the UN secretary general of “encouraging terror". (Andy Rain / Reuters)
      Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace

      Tel Aviv's overreaction to criticism harms political discourse and damages efforts to combat anti-Semitism, argues James Zogby

      OpinionFebruary 06, 2016
      Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a campaign event in Iowa. Patrick T. Fallon / Bloomberg News
      America deserves more from presidential hopefuls

      The best way to understand the US presidential election, writes James Zogby, is to look at the candidates take on the Middle East

      OpinionJanuary 30, 2016
      Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles after speaking at the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit in Iowa. Patrick Semansky / AP
      Iowa vote will re-energise race to the White House

      The direction of the US elections is still up in the air a few days before Iowa caucuses, says James Zogby

      OpinionJanuary 23, 2016
      President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Evan Vucci / AP Photo
      Obama speech reveals a complex state of disunion

      James Zogby analyses Barack Obama's state of the union address, delivered against the backdrop of disunion and bipartisan rancour

      OpinionJanuary 16, 2016
      Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister for Youth, Culture and Community Development, adresses devotees at St Andrew’s Church in Abu Dhabi. Mona Al Marzooqi/ The National
      Millennials find their voice but not their place

      Muslim millennials are struggling to find their place in a changing world, although they have some clear ideas, writes James Zogby

      OpinionJanuary 09, 2016
      Almost a half of all Syrians have become refugees or IDPs, with over four million having left the country and nearly eight million displaced within Syria. Aris Messinis / AFP
      Why we must accept the Middle East’s new normal

      Refugee flows are changing the demographic maps of the Middle East and Europe, writes James Zogby

      OpinionJanuary 02, 2016
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