James Zogby is the founder and president of the Arab American Institute and was a member of the executive committee of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2017.
The election of Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition should serve as a clarifying moment for the political Zionist movement, and for its enablers.
For years, the State Department has failed to protect Arab Americans from mistreatment at the Israel-Palestine border. Now’s not the time to ignore that.
Beginning during the Bush administration and continuing during Obama’s term, Arab Americans were conflated with Muslims. Defining us by religion was fundamentally wrong, internally divisive, and a denial of our right to define ourselves.
We must address the interconnected conflicts there as the equivalent of a regional/world war. That requires an international conference under UN auspices.