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From Commentary:
- Us Ambassador To The Un, Susan Rice Says We Are Popular In The Arab World, Npr Says "no", We're Even Less Popular Than During The Bush Era
Pimpin' utter bullshit ain't easy From NPR: When President Obama came into office in 2008, positive opinion about the United States in the Arab world was on the rise. In some places favorable attitudes more than doubled, after Obama took power....
- So Much For All That Bowing And Ass Kising
Boston.com: Obama, US viewed less favorably in Arab world, poll shows July 13, 2011 11:59 AM By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff The United States is viewed less favorably in much of the Arab world today than it was during the final year of the Bush administration,...
- Obama Sinking Like A Stone, Dems Hands Him More Rocks
especially if they force Obamacare without GOP input Newsmax: Zogby: Obama Hits Record Low in Poll Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:07 PM By: David A. Patten President Barack Obama's popularity has plummeted to a record low, with just 45 percent of voters...
- What Do Civilizations Admire? More Evidence Huntington Was More Than Right
Based on face-to-face interviews conducted for the Saban Center by the Zogby International polling firm last November and December, attitudes were surveyed in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and United Arab Emirates. Respondents were asked...
- Storm Track Disinformation: Mr. Zogby, Me Thinks You Protest Too Much
From The Gathering Storm Mr. James Zogby is President of The Arab American Institute has his panties all in bunch. It seems that his “blood is still boiling” over an article published by the New York Sun (in his words “a purveyor of incitement and...
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Obama Appoints Zogby To Commission on Religious Freedom
From Commentary:
Last week, the White House quietly announced the appointment of Dr. James Zogby to the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Zogby—whom I have debated on occasion on radio programs and who has always been a gentleman—is the founder and president of the Arab American Institute and co-founder of the Palestine Human Rights Campaign and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
But is Zogby the proper person to fight for religious freedom in the Middle East at a time when minorities are under the worst siege since the expulsion of Jews from Arab lands in the wake of Israel’s founding?
Alas, the answer to that is no. Zogby has at times demonstrated an apologia which undercuts his ability as an advocate. Take, for example, an incident a decade ago in which Harvard University decided to partner with the United Arab Emirates’ Sheikh Zayed Center, an institution which sponsored Holocaust denial and promoted blood libel. The indefatigable Tom Gross catalogued the Zayed Center’s activities here. Zogby, however, who currently is also a visiting professor in Abu Dhabi, rushed to Zayed’s defense.
From the CBS Evening News on May 19, 2003:
“That’s wrong, that smacks of a witch hunt,” says James Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute. Zogby says the center does bear the sheik’s name, but so do a lot of things in his country. Zogby believes the sheik did not know about it. “There is no relationship between Sheik Zayed and the center,” says Zogby. “He knows who’s there,” says [Rachel] Fish. “There’s no way he does not know.” Harvard refused our request for an on-camera interview, but in a statement, called some of the center’s activities “repugnant and indefensible.” It said it is “carefully investigating” any links with Sheik Zayed.
Zogby was also a featured writer for the Arab Voice at the time that paper was excerpting the notorious anti-Semitic forgery, Protocols of the Elders of Zion (Zogby responds at the base of the article, which is followed by a follow-up article casting doubt on parts of his explanations). He accused Israel of waging a “Holocaust” against the Palestinians. More recently, he embraced political polemics if not conspiracies regarding the Iraq war. And most recently, Zogby accused Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of being an “Israel firster,” an anti-Semitic trope.
Zogby has long been an activist for the Democratic Party and an enthusiastic supporter of President Obama. It’s understandable that Obama wishes to reward him for his loyalty and, perhaps, for his political views. To do so with a seat at the USCIRF at a time when minorities are under siege from Syria to Egypt to Iran, however, shows the lack of seriousness with which Obama treats religious freedom.
- Us Ambassador To The Un, Susan Rice Says We Are Popular In The Arab World, Npr Says "no", We're Even Less Popular Than During The Bush Era
Pimpin' utter bullshit ain't easy From NPR: When President Obama came into office in 2008, positive opinion about the United States in the Arab world was on the rise. In some places favorable attitudes more than doubled, after Obama took power....
- So Much For All That Bowing And Ass Kising
Boston.com: Obama, US viewed less favorably in Arab world, poll shows July 13, 2011 11:59 AM By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff The United States is viewed less favorably in much of the Arab world today than it was during the final year of the Bush administration,...
- Obama Sinking Like A Stone, Dems Hands Him More Rocks
especially if they force Obamacare without GOP input Newsmax: Zogby: Obama Hits Record Low in Poll Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:07 PM By: David A. Patten President Barack Obama's popularity has plummeted to a record low, with just 45 percent of voters...
- What Do Civilizations Admire? More Evidence Huntington Was More Than Right
Based on face-to-face interviews conducted for the Saban Center by the Zogby International polling firm last November and December, attitudes were surveyed in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and United Arab Emirates. Respondents were asked...
- Storm Track Disinformation: Mr. Zogby, Me Thinks You Protest Too Much
From The Gathering Storm Mr. James Zogby is President of The Arab American Institute has his panties all in bunch. It seems that his “blood is still boiling” over an article published by the New York Sun (in his words “a purveyor of incitement and...