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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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Imad Hamad, executive director of the American Human Rights Council in Dearborn, Michigan. Arab Americans appear to be getting blamed in large part Trump’s presidential victory. AP
CommentArab Americans are bearing the brunt of the anger at Trump's victory

Trump’s policies are inadvertently creating a backlash from the left against Arab Americans

CommentFebruary 10, 2025
Trump says the US could 'own' Gaza and turn it into a 'riviera'. AP
Trump doesn’t actually want to take Gaza, but he wants you to think he does

The US President is using an old playbook of distraction to prevent real solutions to hard problems

OpinionFebruary 05, 2025
Freed Palestinian prisoners are greeted by a crowd as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after being released from an Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis on Saturday. AP
CommentTalks on phase two of Gaza ceasefire are due to start. But can it hold?

It’s time for the US to stop compounding Palestinian suffering

CommentFebruary 04, 2025
People walk along Gaza's coastal al-Rashid Street to cross the Netzarim corridor from the southern Gaza Strip into the north. AFP
CommentCan the Gaza ceasefire last?

Long-term peace may not be possible but it remains to be seen if the ceasefire can progress even to the second phase

CommentJanuary 28, 2025
People in Dearborn, Michigan, protest against Israel's attacks on Gaza. AP
CommentJoe Biden has betrayed Arab Americans

The White House found new ways to exclude, silence and marginalise the community

CommentJanuary 20, 2025
US president-elect Donald Trump was one of a number of high-profile personalities to attend Jimmy Carter's funeral. AFP
Trump and Carter reflect two sides of the American reality

The US has shown itself capable of doing great things, just as the nation’s dark side has often reared its head

CommentJanuary 13, 2025
Fatah supporters chant slogans during a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah last Tuesday. AP
CommentForeign manipulation of the Arab world needs to end

The past century has seen regional and global powers meddle in the affairs of a region that, outside of the Gulf, has been easily divided

CommentJanuary 06, 2025
Protesters gather in Freedom Plaza during the National March on Washington for Palestine in Washington. AFP
Palestine and Israel supporters in the US should be able to debate freely

Americans are not there yet, despite a shift in thinking on the issue

CommentJanuary 01, 2025
Pope Francis pictured in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican on December 7. The manger scene is a powerful reminder of Jesus in the beginning – born a humble outcast. Reuters
CommentThe manger and the keffiyeh are powerful symbols of hope

Palestinian Christians see echoes of their nation’s plight in the story of the infant Jesus, born amid danger and occupation

CommentDecember 24, 2024
A Democratic supporter reacts as presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris concedes the 2024 US presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump, at Howard University in Washington, on November 6. Reuters
CommentThe dismal state of the Democrats today can be traced back decades

Any autopsy of this election should take a long view

OpinionDecember 17, 2024
Palestinian women mourn the victims of an Israeli bombardment, in Deir Al Balah, Gaza. AP
Syria is in focus but Gaza still needs attention

Just because the suffering in Gaza disappeared from the front pages of many news outlets doesn’t mean it’s not still happening

CommentDecember 09, 2024
An Israeli flag still flies in the Lebanese village of Adaisseh after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Reuters
CommentLebanon and Israel's many problems that this ceasefire alone won't solve

Any pause in fighting is a relief, but there is still a lot to be sceptical about

CommentDecember 02, 2024
US President Joe Biden meets President Isaac Herzog at the White House this month. EPA
CommentBiden's continued Gaza war policy means he now owns it

With few electoral compulsions left, the US President had a chance to end the conflict

CommentNovember 25, 2024
A Palestinian Authority policeman walks outside a police station adorned with a painting depicting late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in the West Bank city of Hebron, earlier this month. AFP
CommentImposing a 'solution' on Palestinians isn't going to end the conflict with Israel

A recent poll suggests there is clarity on what they want. The rest of the world should pay heed to it

CommentNovember 18, 2024
Today, for most Americans, being a member of the Democratic or a Republican party means there is no organisation, no sense of belonging and no real opportunity to make one’s voice heard.
CommentThe US election has ushered in the collapse of its parties

Both organisations have become nothing more than fundraising vehicles for powerful consultants lacking in political imagination

CommentNovember 11, 2024
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