James Zogby
James Zogby
James Joseph Zogbyfounder and president of the Arab American Institute, a Washington, D.C.–based organization which serves as a political and policy research arm of the Arab-American community. He is Managing Director of Zogby Research Services, LLC, specializing in research and communications and undertaking polling across the Arab world. In September 2013, Zogby was appointed to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom by President Obama. Zogby is a lecturer and scholar on Middle East issues and a Visiting Professor...
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This really is no more than Arab-phobia. For these politicians, the national interest of the United States is synonymous with their next election. They're not thinking this is a real threat. It's an election year, it's an Arab country, and there's a post-9/11 insecurity they can exploit. It's a lethal brew, and they're stirring it for all it's worth.
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When you have members of Congress literally tripping over themselves to run to a microphone and they're saying, 'The Arabs are coming, the Arabs are coming,' preying off that fear because it's an Arab country, that constitutes bigotry.
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We see Arabs as an objectified problem. We see the culture as less than ours, we see them as more violent than we are.
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Bizarre policies were implemented by the government post-9/11, ... But the pendulum's going back because a whole lot of people are pushing it back.
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What started this and drives this is bigotry.
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If we expect credit, or expect that this somehow is responsive to the anger of those who have become alienated from the United States, it's not.
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The fact is, this creates more of a chill than cooperation.
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I think they need to remove the general. He is unfit for the position he is being called upon to serve, precisely because he's become a liability. He's become a weapon our enemies will use against us.
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NSEERS was so poorly conceived and badly managed that it created chaos and fear. Trust between the immigrant community and law enforcement was severely strained and, in the end, there was no evidence that any terrorists were apprehended as a result of the effort.
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There's nothing more dangerous than a panicked politician.
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Some of the biggest battles, recognition of the Palestinians as a real people and ending stereotypes were achieved. We now can refer to this moment as the date when it became possible to have a different discussion about Palestinians.
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I find some of the rhetoric being used against this deal shameful and irresponsible. There is bigotry coming out here.
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He was a revolutionary fighter for justice, and he sought a radical transformation of America and the world,
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He is understanding of the concerns. He is someone whom we've known and worked for a long time, many of us, and we feel confident that he is a person with whom we can work.