Israel-Palestine: No “Great Deal” on the Horizon

by James J. Zogby It looks like the Trump administration has come to agree with the conclusion reached by every US president and Central Command chief since the Gulf War of 1991—that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is necessary to promote… Continue Reading

Trump’s Executive Order Is an Existential Threat to America

by James J. Zogby This week President Donald Trump issued a revised Executive Order (EO or Order) restricting immigration from six majority Muslim countries and more than halving the US refugee program. This version includes some significant changes: it is… Continue Reading

Trump/Netanyahu Meet: Fawning, Fantasy, and Anti-Palestinian Incitement 

by James J. Zogby Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Donald Trump was overshadowed by dramatic and unsettling events that preceded and followed their perfectly bizarre press conference. The week began with the forced resignation of White… Continue Reading

The US-Arab Relationship in the “Age of Trump”

by James J. Zogby      As US President Donald Trump and Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei trade barbs, a nervous Arab world is caught in the middle.    Earlier this week Iran’s Supreme Leader made headlines thanking President Trump for “revealing the true face… Continue Reading

Trump Justifies Executive Orders with Exaggerations Grounded in Bias

by James J. Zogby By now, Donald Trump’s penchant for exaggeration and self-promotion has become well-established. Whether born of a form of pathological narcissism or just plain hucksterism, his need to claim that everything he does is the biggest and… Continue Reading