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“Viewpoint with James Zogby” is a weekly TV interview program on politics and foreign policy, featuring in-depth discussions of current events and topics that matter to the Arab American community. The program ran for several years as "A Capital View" on the Arab Network of America (ANA) before moving to Abu Dhabi Television, where it enjoyed a global audience. Presently, the program is produced in partnership with New York University and taped at NYU’s Constance Milstein & Family Academic Center in Washington DC. The show has won an award at the Cairo Radio/Television Festival.
Dr. James J. Zogby is President and Co-Founder of the Arab American Institute in Washington, DC. His weekly column, “Washington Watch,” is published in 16 countries, and he frequently appears on national and international media as an expert guest on the Arab American community and Middle East affairs. He has authored several books, including the highly-acclaimed 2010 book, “Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us, and Why it Matters,” and conducts extensive polling across the Middle East with Zogby Research Services.
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Mr. Trump, You Cannot Erase the Palestinian Right to Return
By James J. Zogby First, the Trump Administration "took Jerusalem off the table." Now, in an especially dangerous display of recklessness, they have announced their intention to do the same for the Palestinian "right of return." The first indication that this was in the works came with the administration's announcement...
By James J. Zogby Thirty years ago, I mounted the podium of the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia to open the first ever political party debate on Palestinian rights. Looking out over the convention hall at our 1,500 delegate-supporters wearing "Palestine Lives" T-shirts and carrying "Statehood Now" placards, I...
By James J. Zogby This past week the New York Times ran an article, "Israeli Airport Detention of Prominent U.S. Jew Prompts Uproar," focusing on the airport harassment received by Peter Beinart, a prominent liberal writer and TV commentator. The article mentioned a number of other American Jews who were...
Washington Watch: Hype Versus Reality
By Dr. James J. Zogby Fifty years ago, when I was getting started in national politics, Ibrahim Abu Lughod, a friend and mentor, offered words of wisdom I never forgot. Although he read the New York Times every day (he called it his "daily drug"), he cautioned me not to...
