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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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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Columbia University campus to mark one year of the war between Hamas and Israel in New York City on October 7, 2024. AFP
CommentUS attack on freedom of speech is not doing ‘Brand America’ any favours

America's intolerance to the perceived notion of anti-Semitism is a crude effort to silence and punish critics and is damaging America's image around the world

CommentMarch 18, 2025
James Zogby
Palestinian Muslims wait under the rain to cross an Israeli checkpoint in Qalandia in the occupied West Bank to attend the first Friday prayers of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in east Jerusalem, Islam's third holiest site, on March 7, 2025. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
CommentBefore Trump’s ‘Riviera’, there was a vision for Gaza - Israel scuppered it

Unlike the US President’s proposal, one discussed three decades ago would have benefited Palestinians

CommentMarch 11, 2025
James Zogby
Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on February 11. Reuters
CommentMusk’s attack on Arab-American organisations is dangerous

I take it seriously when a person as powerful and well-positioned as Elon Musk charges my institute with being a supporter of terrorism

CommentMarch 05, 2025
James Zogby
US President Donald Trump at the National Governors Association Dinner in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, on February 22. EPA
CommentTrump's second term could be shaping up to his advantage

The big difference between Trump 2017 and Trump 2025 is that now he has a clearly defined agenda and is better prepared to impose it

CommentFebruary 26, 2025
James Zogby
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
James Zogby
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
James Zogby
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
James Zogby
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
James Zogby
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
James Zogby
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
James Zogby
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
James Zogby
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
James Zogby
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
James Zogby
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
James Zogby
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
James Zogby
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