A new poll out this week shows that while Israelis retain strong US public support, Americans are deeply concerned that the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict puts US interests at risk across the Middle East and the public, therefore, supports President Obama’s stand against Israel’s settlement plans. Read More »
Air Date: March 25, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby: John Zogby Founder and C.E.O. of Zogby international; Brett McGurk, Former special advisor to President Obama and senior advisor to Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Ambassador Hill in Baghdad; Shireen Hunter, Visiting Fellow at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University.
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This coming week will tell us a great deal about the ability of President Obama to be a strong leader and an honest broker in Middle East peacemaking. Read More »
Air Date: March 18, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby, Helen SamhanExecutive Director, Arab American Institute Foundation (AAIF); MJ Rosenberg, Senior Foreign Policy Fellow at Media Matters Action Network Read More »
There is one largely unreported aspect of the recently completed Iraqi elections that I find deeply troubling, and that is the fact that polling places were set up across the U.S. providing Iraqi-Americans the opportunity to vote. Read More »
Proximity talks between Palestinians, Israelis and U.S. negotiators will begin next week, but I’m not hopeful, in large measure because the parties have never been further apart and confidence in the U.S. has been diminished. Read More »
Air Date: March 4, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby – Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA), 6th term member of Congress, member of House committee on Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure; Dereck Hogan, Senior Advisor for Governance and Civilian-Military Coordination to U.S. special Ambassador to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke; Karim Sadjadpour, Associate in the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Read More »
The last Administration displayed a rather perverse and dangerous penchant for dressing up their behavior, providing it with religious or patriotic intent. President Bush packaged the Iraq war, for example, as America’s mission – having been charged by God to bring the gift of freedom to the world. Read More »
Air Date: February 25, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby – David Cole, Professor of Law at Georgetown University. Read More »
Last April we polled across the Arab World asking what Arabs thought was the most positive early action President Obama had taken to improve U.S.-Arab relations. High up on the list (barely topped by the decision to leave Iraq) was the President’s pledge to close Guantanamo and ban torture. That this issue would out poll Obama’s early steps to forge a Middle East peace or his outreach to the Arab and Muslim worlds should not have been surprising. Read More »
Air Date: February 18, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby – Edmund J. Hull, former Ambassador to Yemen; Christopher Anders, Senior legislative counsel at the ACLU; Ellen Laipson, President and CEO, Stimson Center. Read More »
Last weekend, when Washington was being hit by its worst-ever snow storm, the Tea Party Movement was holding its first national meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. With nothing else to do, and unable to travel, I watched parts of their convention on television and became quite concerned by what I saw and heard. After reviewing two sets of national polls, released this Friday, my concern was heightened. Read More »
Air Date: February 11, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby – Mowahid Shah, Political analyst, Columnist and former Pakistani cabinet member. Read More »
T. Boone Pickens has a big idea. It may even be a good one. But when Pickens stoops to using fear and bigotry to sell this idea, it becomes small and unsavory. Read More »
Air Date: February 4, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby – Dr. Stephen Walt (phd), Professor of International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Sameh Shoukry; Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S.; Robert Borosage, Political strategists and President of the Institute for America’s Future. Read More »
As we mark one year into the Obama era, several realities have become painfully clear. Read More »
Air Date: January 28, 2010
On Thursday's edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby - Ken Walsh, Chief White House correspondent for U.S. News and World Report; Danny Seidemann, Consulting Legal Advisor and founder of Ir Amim; Dean Obeidallah, Arab American Comedian Read More »
Losing a senate seat in Massachusetts to a Republican was not the way Barack Obama wanted to celebrate his one year anniversary in the White House. The loss was a blow, for several reasons. Read More »
Air Date: January 21, 2010
On Thursday’s edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby – Allan Lichtman, Professor of History at American University; Bill Corcoran, President of American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA); Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, Physician and peace activist. Read More »
On Jan 13th, television evangelist Pat Robertson pontificated on the horrific earthquake that had struck the country of Haiti. Noting how many recent tragedies had befallen the Haitian people, Robertson told his TV audience that, “something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it…they were under the heel of the French and got together and swore a pack pact to the devil. They said, we will serve you and you’ll get us free from the French. And so the devil said, OK, it’s a deal. But ever since they’ve been cursed. But it may be a blessing in disguise.” Read More »
A few years back when Washington was preparing for the then highly touted Annapolis Peace Conference, I remember commenting that I was "hopeful, but not optimistic". Read More »
Air Date: August 5, 2010
On Thursday's edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby: Josh Kraushaar, Executive Editor of The Hotline, the National Journal; Michelle Richardson, Legislative Counsel at the ACLU; Andrew Serwer, Writing fellow at The American Prospect. Read More »
The story of Arab Americans coming of age, as an organized community, is a classic American tale—a story of immigrants seeking opportunity, benefiting from America’s freedoms, but also experiencing, at times, the dark side of exclusion and discrimination that has, for so many, haunted our nation’s history. Read More »
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