Category: Palestinian politics

Following appeared in the Washington Post Priority: Statehood The Palestinian right of return is not what’s holding up a peace agreement. By Daoud Kuttab Monday, May 12, 2008; A19 In the spring of 1948, my father, George Kuttab, and his brother Qostandi fled Musrara, a Jerusalem neighborhood just outside the walled city, after their sister…

by Daoud Kuttab Shortly before the convening of the one day Annapolis meeting aimed at giving a push to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, last November, Condoleza Rice held a much smaller meeting in the state department. Huddling with the authors of a brand new book on negotiating an Arab Israeli peace, the US secretary of state…

By Daoud Kuttab Shortly before the convening of the one day Annapolis meeting aimed at giving a push to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, last November, Condoleza Rice held a much smaller meeting in the state department. Huddling with the authors of a brand new book on negotiating an Arab Israeli peace, the US secretary of state…

by Daoud Kuttab When approaching a conflict, any world statesperson would consider trying to break up the logjam. A Christian leader who has always stood for justice and human rights and who takes the issue of the sancity of life seriously has no choice but to try and see what he or she can do…

Appeared in the Daily Princetonian OPINION Obama and Palestine By Daoud Kuttab Guest Columnist Published: Thursday, April 10th, 2008 While the U.S. presidential election is being followed closely all around the world, Palestinian appetite for news of this country’s election is insatiable. The feelings of Palestinians in the streets of Ramallah or the Gaza refugee…

By Daoud Kuttab Every day in the Gaza Strip, strategic deterrence – the inhibition of attack by a fear of punishment backed up by superior military power – is being put to the test. The escalating spiral of violence by Israel and Gazan militants indicates not only that deterrence is failing, but also that its…

The following was written before the breakup of the border wall with Egypt. VIEW: Gaza then and now by Daoud Kuttab When the Gaza Strip was plunged into darkness last week as a result of the Israeli fuel blockade, many people around the world were surprised. But the optimism produced by the Annapolis peace process,…

This time next year? Daoud Kuttab, IMEU, Jan 17, 2008 President George Bush, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have committed themselves to give the world a new year’s gift in 2009: an independent state of Palestine. After decades of war and homelessness, oppression and occupation, settlements and walls, this is…

Bitterlemons International January 17, 2008 Edition 3 Volume 6 Syria and the Palestinians: A love-hate relationship Daoud Kuttab For an entire century, Syria has had a love-hate relationship with Palestinians. The Palestinian cause has been at the core of Syria’s ideological and political posture. The pan-Arab ideology always placed Palestine at the center of Greater…

from the Globe and Mail December 27, 2007 Backward, Christian soldiers, marching as to peace Daoud Kuttab During the run-up to the 1998 Christmas celebrations, U.S. president Bill Clinton, along with his wife, Hillary, and daughter, Chelsea, visited the Palestinian town of Bethlehem to light up the Christmas tree in Manger Square, outside the Church…