Bread or Democracy
Daoud Kuttab International Herald Tribune FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006 Former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, finding himself in a bind during sensitive negotiations with the Palestinians in 1996, put forth a new condition: Israel – reputed to be “the only democracy in the Middle East” – would trade land for peace only when the Palestinians practiced […]
Stripping Israel of Excuses
by Daoud Kuttab October 19, 2006 Edition 39 Volume 4 The Arab League’s peace initiative came some time after the eruption of the Aqsa intifada and followed a plan conceived of by then Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. The plan was actually leaked to the NY Times’ Tom Friedman in advance over a private […]
How I broke down under interrogation
October 19, 2006 I have tried for years to avoid traveling via the Tel Aviv airport, usually I try to leave out of Amman. But today I had to be in Palestine till Wednesday night and the only way to attend the conference I was invited to speak at was to leave from Ben […]
Leadership needed to prevent chaos, internal fighting
Daoud Kuttab Palestinians living in the occupied territories are clutching at straws these days. The one-month public servants strike which crippled all public institutions and kept hundreds of thousands of Palestinian students in the streets does not seem any closer to a resolution.
The day I beat the (VIP) monopoly
October 5th 2006 Jordan River Crossing Point It was not my intention or my plans, but when the dust settled, I had finally succeeded in beating the ugly monopoly system on the Jordan river crossing point called VIP. It all started when I called the Israeli manager of the bridge to find out […]
How I smuggled a “terrorist” into Israel and the US?
By Daoud Kuttab An editorial note before I answer this question, I need to make a note that the word terrorist is put within inverted comas signifying that this is not my description. To begin with I have to tell you the story of Haroon Abu Arra. I met Haroon in 1996. He was a […]