Abbas catches Israel off guard
By Daoud Kuttab No sooner had Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas signed letters of accession to 15 international treaties than Israel began spinning various myths to explain how this came to be. Israeli officials and commentators were in shock while trying to justify how their Palestinian partner could do something without Israel’s prior approval. Abbas appears to have caught […]
Palestinian radio programs help prisoner morale
By Daoud Kuttab “Brother Murad, I want to say something to my brother in jail,†says a female voice. “Go ahead,â€Â Murad al-Sabi replies warmly. “My dear brother Sameh, I’m sorry no one was able to come to see you. The Israelis didn’t give your brothers permission. I was supposed to see you today, but the Israelis turned me […]