Netanyahu’s charm offensive
By Daoud Kuttab Many might be surprised in the coming weeks and months with the charm offensive likely to be launched by Israeli[…]
Palestinian focus on isolating Israel, continuing ICC efforts
By Daoud Kuttab Weeks before the results of the Israeli elections were known, the Palestine Central Council (PCC) met in Ramallah to decide[…]
World No Longer Bound to Defend Israel Internationally
By Daoud Kuttab AMMAN — The Israeli electorate had a choice to make. By re-electing a leader whopublicly reneged on his commitments to[…]
West Bank refugee camp threatens Palestinian leadership
By Daoud Kuttab The largest Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank is boiling, and the troubles that are usually confined to the[…]
Legislative Challenges to the Audiovisual Media in Jordan
By Daoud Kuttab Jordan’s Parliament is expected to discuss a new audiovisual law. The law fulfills the constitutional need of updating all temporary[…]
One Palestinian’s quest for a US visa
By Daoud Kuttab When “Mahmoud” won a scholarship to get his Ph.D. from a US university, he was ambivalent. After all, he had always[…]
Is the Oslo process really over?
By Daoud Kuttab A headline featured on the website of Al-Quds, a Palestinian daily, was very clear: “The decision of the Palestinian Central[…]
Palestinian protests in Ramon Prison set to spread
By Daoud Kuttab Throughout history, liberation struggles have been waged inside prisons as much as outside them. When a national struggle stagnates, it is[…]
Shooting of Fatah activist could doom security cooperation
By Daoud Kuttab The Feb. 24 shooting death of 19-year-old Palestinian Jihad al-Jaafari by Israeli troops may have killed the last remaining working feature of the Oslo[…]
When Palestine Becomes an Issue in Philadelphia Politics
By Daoud Kuttab When council woman Maria D. Quinones Sanchez from the city of Philadelphia walked into the Mas Islamic Center January 30th[…]