An ill-advised act
By Daoud Kuttab Election season is a time for ideas, initiatives and actions. It is also a real test for the commitment of[…]
Separating politics from religion
     By Daoud Kuttab Colourful posters of smiling candidates are not new among election-related paraphernalia. But a certain orange-colour poster[…]
Al-Aqsa Mosque back in the eye of the storm with renewed clashes, arrests
By Daoud Kuttab Tensions between Palestinian worshippers and Israelis at Al-Aqsa Mosque have been growing again. Following several incidents, Jordan’s King Abdullah told[…]
Knesset plans lobby for return of Palestinians to their villages
By Daoud Kuttab The most unusual group of Knesset members met July 26 to support the rights of the residents of two Palestinian[…]
Arab Jerusalemites priced out of own neighborhoods
By Daoud Kuttab When Labib Odeh was looking for a house, he was unable to find anything he could afford in the Palestinian[…]
Need for a paradigm shift
By Daoud Kuttab One of the reasons the Palestinian conflict continues without resolution is the fact that the people affected by the Israeli[…]
Hizb ut-Tahrir: Palestine is not our main cause
By Daoud Kuttab Many of the ideological concepts and doctrines of Hizb ut-Tahrir (Party of Liberation) and the Islamic State (IS) are similar.[…]
UN report: West Bank house demolitions up 25%
By Daoud Kuttab A recent report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the Occupied Palestinian Territories[…]
Prices of illegal weapons in West Bank on the rise
By Daoud Kuttab A marked increase in the black market price of weapons in the occupied territories has produced a flurry of attention.[…]
Diaspora Palestinians called to invest in homeland
By Daoud Kuttab As external donor support is being reduced and Israeli restrictions are increasing, Palestinians are turning to another source of support:[…]