Archive for August 16th, 2012

Aug 16 2012

Romney’s ‘Culture’ War Comes to Mideast

Published by under Articles,US-Middle East

By Daoud Kuttab

The presumptive Republican nominee for U.S. president, Mitt Romney, gave himself the authority to declare a cultural war in West Jerusalem this week.

As part of his efforts to woo wealthy Jewish donors to contribute to his campaign, he declared that nations are better off because of culture and indirectly suggested that Israel be added to America’s exceptionalism theory. Continue Reading »

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Aug 16 2012

The Return of the PLO

Published by under Articles,Palestinian politics

By Daoud Kuttab

The past two and a half decades witnessed the slow death of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The PLO, established in June 1964 by the Arab League and then taken over internally by the various resistance movements, led by Fateh, is credited with the unification of the Palestinians in the diaspora. It is also seen as the main factor that reignited the Palestinian identity in pursuit of national liberation. Continue Reading »

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