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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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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What started this and drives this is 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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Our silence in the face of the horrific abuses that are taking place on a daily basis in fact are causing people throughout the Middle East to ask serious questions about America and about its commitment to its values.
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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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common consensus of Arab-Americans and Jewish-Americans for a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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We continue to oppose the use of military force and think that there's a very significant risk of grave unrest in the Arab world.
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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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I find some of the rhetoric being used against this deal shameful and irresponsible. There is bigotry coming out here.
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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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That is language that is so irresponsible, so reprehensible, I think he should be ashamed. As a country, it has been a consistent ally. The State Department describes them as a vital partner. I don't know why, unless it's simply that it's an Arab country, that he feels he can go over the top and use language of that sort.
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It was a very good meeting. He's listening and he's setting a good tone. We've still got some problems to work through, especially detention and profiling.
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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.