British minister opposes arming Syrian rebels
By Daoud Kuttab AMMAN, Jordan — Hugh Robertson, Britain’s minister of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs, has opposed calls to arm the Syrian rebels, instead insisting that all sides need to return to the negotiating table. “Generally speaking if you want to end a war, arming both sides is not the way to do it,†he […]
Palestinians stand firm on prisoner release
By Daoud Kuttab When Palestinian leaders agreed to suspend their efforts to join various United Nations agencies last summer, the United States assured them that all 104 long-term Palestinian prisoners held by Israel would be released. This was not the first time that the United States had made such a promise. At the 1999 Sharm el-Sheikh summit, attended […]