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By Daoud Kuttab After weeks of debate and accusations that reflect differences based on national origins, Jordanian nationalism received a major boost recently from an unexpected source. Jordan’s national football and basketball teams played well, winning games against Iraq and China, in football, and reaching the finals of the Asian Cup in basketball.
When Palestinians decided to go to the United Nations to seek Palestinian recognition, they knew that would anger Tel Aviv and possibly Washington. But they didn’t expect the reaction that ensued.
RAMALLAH – The idea of Palestine becoming a permanent member of the United Nations originated, say Palestinians, with none other than US President Barack Obama. Speaking at the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2010, Obama said that he hoped that “when we come back here next year, we can have an agreement that…
By Daoud Kuttab The longevity of the Palestinian conflict and the large diaspora population that has emerged over the years has been both a blessing and a curse for the Palestinian cause. Palestinians living throughout the world, speaking local languages and beginning to understand local culture, are the perfect ambassadors for the Palestinian cause in…
I have always believed that work on the American scene is of utmost importance for the advancement of the Palestinian cause. While there are many American-Palestinian organizations working in the US few had the methodology and ideology that can speak to the American mind and influence an American political establishment that has been taken hostage…
The Palestinian leadership is experiencing a unique situation. Its insistence on going to the UN to seek recognition for statehood despite pressure from Israel and the US is beginning to bear fruit at the local level. Popular support for President Mahmoud Abbas is on an upwards trajectory as the majority of Palestinians are pleasantly surprised…