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James Zogby

Dr. James J. Zogby is the author of Arab Voices (Palgrave Macmillan, October 2010) and the founder and president of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a Washington, D.C.-based organization which serves as the political and policy research arm of the Arab American community. Since 1985, Dr. Zogby and AAI have led Arab American efforts to secure political empowerment in the U.S. Through voter registration, education and mobilization, AAI has moved Arab Americans into the political mainstream.

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The Lebanon I Love Is Dying

Corrupt, feudal, and sectarian elites dancing on the grave of the country in a vain effort to sustain their privileged roles; and an armed militia functioning as a state within a state—willing to use force to maintain its position.

James Zogby · Aug 16, 2021

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Netanyahu Is Out But Nothing Has Changed for Palestinians

Creeping annexation and oppression continue.

James Zogby · Jun 28, 2021

A Palestinian man is giving Palestinian flags to the people, during the demonstration in solidarity with Palestine, at the Museumplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands on June 14th, 2020. (Photo by Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

US Policy Ignores Palestinian Human Rights

Israel operates with impunity, while Palestinian actions have been scrutinized and condemned and their protests ignored or silenced.

James Zogby · Mar 15, 2021

Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, greets Palestinians in Bethlehem in the Israeli occupied West Bank on Christmas Eve, 2018. (Photo: Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images)

Conservative Christians Remain Silent About Suffering Bethlehem

"To most in the West, Palestinian Christians are simply invisible. To conservative Christians, they are at best a nuisance who stand in the way of their unquestioning ideological attachment to Israel."

James Zogby · Dec 21, 2020

What should be clear from this review is that discriminatory policies that unfairly target Arabs or Muslims didn’t begin with Donald Trump and will not automatically end with a change in the White House. (Photo: Sue Ogrocki / AP)

Policies Targeting Arabs and Muslims Didn’t Just Start With Donald Trump

Regardless which party is in the White House, these onerous policies must finally be challenged and defeated.

James Zogby · Oct 19, 2020

President Donald Trump, right, looks over to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28. (Photo: Susan Walsh/AP)

Why Is the Democratic Party So Timid on Palestinian Rights?

We will continue to push Democrats to recognize reality and oppose Israel’s occupation.

James Zogby · Jul 31, 2020

While there are a number of principled souls serving in Congress, for too many Members raising money and getting reelected become ends in themselves. (Photo: AIPAC/Screengrab)

Is AIPAC Losing Its Grip on Democrats?

AIPAC made no secret of their displeasure with elected officials who were supportive of Palestinian rights and often threatened Members of Congress that if they didn’t back off, they would be defeated.

James Zogby · Jul 13, 2020

Bowman’s victory against an entrenched incumbent came on the heels of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s 2018 unseating of 10 term Congressman Joseph Crowley in the nearby 14th District of New York. (Photo: Bowman for Congress)

What Jamaal Bowman's Historic Win Represents for the Palestinian People

For decades, the pro-Israel lobby was able to carry the day in Congress because Members feared the repercussions of criticizing Israel. That tide is turning.

James Zogby · Jun 29, 2020

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