The 2024 Daoud and Salam Kuttab annual Newsletter

It is hard to know whether the international presence created by foreign citizens at Yasser Arafat’s Ramallah headquarters helped prevent further violence there[…]

Discussions among Palestinians, concerning democracy, transparency and reform of the way the Palestinian National Authority conducts itself, are very refreshing. Minister of Legislative[…]

The reality on the ground in Palestine is hard to refute. The presence of any international civilian in the occupied areas is an[…]

The Palestinian president Yasser Arafat besieged by the Israelis in Ramallah since last December and imprisoned in his office since March 29 has[…]

I still remember the day early in March 1997 when I was handed a piece of paper issued by the Palestinian Authority allowing[…]

In dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict, there seems to be a major problem in deciding what the time reference is. Listening to the[…]

As the world entered the 21 century with the goal of ending occupation, colonization and military rule, it is important to give these[…]

One of the more popular Palestinian songs asks travelers where they are going and the answer is Ramallah. This town, built on a[…]

Six-year old Nadeen Khayyat woke up in the middle of the night terrified. Clutching to her grandmother this Palestinian child was petrified that[…]

The elevator in the five-story, first-rate looking office building, in Ramallah was not operational on Wednesday. So instead, I took the stairs. And[…]