Daoud Kuttab

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  • Once again we are witnessing a sharp escalation of violence without any pretense of looking for a political horizon. Israeli are shelling Gaza from land, sea and air without even thinking about a political […]

  • Politics and economics are always intertwined. In Jordan, this was clearly the case when the government raised energy prices.Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour went to great lengths on Jordan TV Tuesday night to […]

  • Reelected US President Barack Obama is expected to be able to conduct policy with much more vigour.While on domestic and economic issues he will need to work with a Republican House (the Senate will be […]

  • The Jordanian Cabinet’s decision to scrap wintertime came at the most difficult time: one day before a long holiday and also one day before the original plan to start wintertime. Furthermore, the rationale for […]

  • Discussions about pan-Arab issues these days undoubtedly include the name of the Gulf country Qatar, repeated in various contexts, often negative. Qatar is behind this or that conspiracy, it is a US puppet, an […]

  • Election fever has hit most Palestinian cities. However, planed for October 20 are only municipal elections, and only in most West Bank cities (Jerusalemites are not allowed to participate); the Islamic movement […]

  • Among the most important rights achieved by Arab demonstrators in the past two years are the freedoms of assembly and of expression.Millions of Arabs gathered in squares and circles demanding an end to autocratic […]

  • For the second time in less than three months, the leader of a major US party stereotypes Palestinians in racists and anti-peace terms.The revelation of Mitt Romney’s foreign policy attitude when it comes to the […]

  • After years of travel restrictions, Israel last month opened up its borders to many (not all, of course) Palestinians from the West Bank. In Nablus alone, 17,000 permits were issued out of 25,000 applications. […]

  • Palestinians living in East Jerusalem are experiencing perhaps their worst times. With the continuation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the uncertainty of the future of Jerusalem, the 360,000 residents of […]

  • The belief in Palestine is that the office of the president is responsible for major national and international policies and initiatives, while the office of the prime minister is responsible for executing these […]

  • The presumptive Republican nominee for US 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 […]

  • This week, family and friends crossed international borders, military checkpoints and overcame the usual political bureaucracies to attend my daughter’s two weddings. Why two weddings? Let me explain.Like me, my […]

  • Something deep and painful was broken in Ramallah this week: along with the bones broken by violent Palestinian plainclothes and official security officials dealing with a protest, Palestinian trust was […]

  • The past two and a half decades witnessed the slow death of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. The PLO, established in June 1964 by the Arab League and then taken over internally by the various resistance […]

  • In celebrating the successful investigative journalism feat carried out recently in private centres that house children with disabilities in Jordan, King Abdullah hosted at the Royal Palace two women Jordanian […]

  • The question seemed simple. A European official wanted to know if the peace process was just around the corner or far away.On the surface of it, one can tick off a number of positive signals. Palestinian and […]

  • For years the Arab world has been searching for the perfect Arab democratic model. Progressive young Arabs want a Western-style democratic model, but older democrats argue that we have to discover our own model, […]

  • This week, two totally different cases saw real progress towards resolution due to persistence, focus on achievable results and the use of nonviolent means.Palestinian prisoners and supporters of their just and […]

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