Divine Commander in chief crosses the lines
What was more dangerous than the ‘appeasement’ reference By Daoud Kuttab While the Barak Obama , Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, the media and others were correct in pouncing on President Bush for his ‘appeasement’ remark during his speech at the Israeli Knesset, an even more dangerous trend was totally ignored. In his gushing praise for […]
Israel at 60, resolution far away
By Daoud Kuttab As the state of Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, Palestinians remember the naqba, or “catastrophe” – their story of dispossession, occupation, and statelessness. But, for both sides, as well as external powers, the events of 1948 and what has followed – the occupation since June 1967 of the remaining lands of historic […]
Palestinian statehood is priority
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 […]
listen to me on NPR
My interview on NPR’s morning edition can be heard on http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=4&islist=true&id=3&d=05-14-2008
Israelis manhandling US envoy while Washingtn is silent
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 […]
Washington silent about Israeli attack on General Fraser
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 […]