Month: May 2012

following ran in the Jordan Times By Daoud Kuttab   The Palestinian conflict is going through one of its strangest stages these days. So much is going against Palestine, yet so much is going for it. Israel was never as arrogant in its treatment of Palestinians and its expansionist policy, and the U.S. government as well…

By Daoud Kuttab Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stunned Israelis Tuesday morning with a political shocker. He convinced his largest opposition leader, Shaul Mofaz, to join the coalition, thus cancelling early elections scheduled for September. Speaking to the media, Netanyahu said that the coalition agreement (called by some in the Israeli media a stink bomb) is good…

By Daoud Kuttab The question seemed simple. A European official wanted to know if the peace was just around the corner, or far away. On the surface of it, one can tick off a number of positive signals. Palestinian and Israeli negotiators recently exchanged letters outlying their various political positions as to the best way…

By Daoud Kuttab 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, not copy and paste models from this or that country. Islam, of course, confused this search. Islamists appeared…

  By Daoud Kuttab 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 reasonable requests in Palestine, the Arab world, and the international community saw a successful resolution of their demands.