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PostGlobal Live Online Debate: U.S. And Hamas On Friday, March 23 at 2:00 PM ET, Daoud Kuttab and David Makovsky debated whether the U.S. should speak with Hamas ministers in the new Palestinian National Unity Government, as part of mediating the Israel-Palestine conflict. PostGlobal is a discussion forum on global issues with David…
Olmert-Abbas again; not much hope  Daoud Kuttab There are few expectations that the upcoming Palestinian-Israeli summit will produce any breakthrough. It is now an accepted assumption that without a strong proactive role of the US, little change will happen in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Americans have shown higher level of interest in the conflict, but the…
To the Editor: As a columnist, Thomas L. Friedman is free to state an opinion. I agree with him that reform is necessary in the Arab world; there are many reform heroes. But reprinting a poem by an Arab poet that generalizes an entire nation is the way that stereotypes are made and perpetuated. If…
by Daoud Kuttab It is pleasant yet sad to see the Israelis and the Americans squirming. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has flip-flopped from opposing the Mecca agreement to stating that his government neither supports nor opposes the accord, to his latest attempts to bypass US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice by going to her…
Palestinians Say Clashes Hurt Their Cause By STEVEN ERLANGER JERUSALEM, Feb. 4 — (NY Times) The fierce internal clashes between Palestinian factions have shocked many Palestinians and Arab governments, who fear that the continuing bloodshed is damaging the Palestinian image before the world, Palestinians say. “This fighting affects everyone’s morale,†said Daoud…
By Daoud Kuttab The biggest losers in the current political stalemate in Palestine have been the civil servants. Their total number is a bit over 150,000. The actual civil servants are 73,000 and those on the security payroll from the various apparatuses are said to be 85,000. Add to this number those who are retired…
 By Daoud Kuttab  I am sitting in a bus shelter on a dark highway. Cars are going by but no one is stopping. The clock on the computer reads 6:19 it is pitch black outside, the only light is coming from my lap top whose battery is signaling that it full. I have thirty…
By Daoud Kuttab- The Jerusalem Post A strange phenomenon has been taking place over the past few years. Israel has been carrying out a systematic plan to try and separate Gaza from the West Bank. Little attention has been given to this effort separating people – and a country – using administrative measures. This…
by Daoud Kuttab Three conditions must obtain for ceasefire agreements to work. They need to be mutual, supervised by a neutral party and supported by continuous political negotiations. Only the first condition seems to have been met this time around, and for the fire to cease we need to work on the remaining two conditions….
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCE By DALE GAVLAK ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER AMMAN, Jordan — The breathless caller was desperate, with nowhere else to turn:”Help me to get a Bedouin and his camels and sheep out of my street,”he pleaded.”The herd nearly attacked two neighborhood boys.”