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Following appeared in the Jordan Times newspaper By Daoud Kuttab The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan is planning to celebrate its 70th anniversary on Friday in spite of public refusal of the Jordanian government to allow this event to take place. In Palestine, supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood’s affiliate, Hamas, won the elections for student council…
By Daoud Kuttab is may be an existential question, but why, indeed, do people go to war? One reason people and nations go to war is to settle a dispute that they are unable to resolve peacefully. The stubbornness exhibited in this case is often based on a lie that is perpetuated and repeated so…
By Daoud Kuttab Out of nowhere this week, two prominent individuals came out in support of the two-state solution as the best way to move the dormant Palestinian-Israeli conflict forward. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, whose organisation is part of the comatose Quartet, spoke at a special session of the UN Security Council in New York…
By Daoud Kuttab An important question has yet to be answered. Will Arabs and especially Palestinians be the biggest losers in the game being played between Iran, the White House, Capitol Hill and Israel?Arab thinker Azmi Bishara believes that if Arabs stay neutral over the P5+1 framework deal they will become collateral damage. In other…
By Daoud Kuttab The United Nations Education Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has finally produced resolutions “with teeth.” Elias Sanbar, the permanent Palestinian representative to UNESCO told Al-Monitor that the resolutions adopted April 20 in Paris attempts to address the usual Israeli apathy to UNESCO decisions in a practical way. Sanbar, who has been the…
By Daoud Kuttab The first thing that Tanya George does when she wakes up in her Ramallah home is to check the Facebook group “ Status of the Road, Qalandia and Hizma.†She scrolls to the latest entry checks and reads the status of Palestine’s worst checkpoint. If it is crowded, she would take the…
Following appeared in the Jordan Times newspaper By Daoud Kuttab Out of nowhere, this week, two prominent individuals came out in support of the two-state solution as the best way to move forward the dormant Palestinian-Israeli conflict. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, whose organisation is part of the comatose Quartet, spoke at a special session…
By Daoud Kuttab The strong showing by Palestinian citizens of Israel in the March 17 Knesset elections, winning an unprecedented 13 seats, has revived hope that the 20% Arab population in Israel can have a strong influence on the workings of the state. Aida Tuma, one of two Arab women elected to the Knesset, told Al-Monitor that the 13-member Joint List…
By Daoud Kuttab As a journalist who must stay neutral on all issues, I make it a habit not to sign any petitions or political statements. However, in 1991 when I got a call from Francoise, the wife of Bob Simon to organize a petition on behalf of Simon, who was imprisoned by the Iraqi…
By Daoud Kuttab The Holy Family Latin Catholic Church in Ramallah was packed. Palm Sunday usually brings out the entire family and this year was no different. Children in their Sunday best were clutching on beautifully intertwined palm arrangements as they packed into the church compound that also includes the Ahliya School. But while mass…