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Palestine hopes to join Interpol this fall
By Daoud Kuttab Palestine is hoping to upgrade its observer status to a full membership in Interpol this fall. The international police organization’s 85th General Assembly is set to take place in November in Bali, Indonesia.  It was reported that European police officials are working with the Palestinians to prepare them for the upcoming discussion. Joeri Van…
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Netanyahu’s warped logic
    By Daoud Kuttab After initially hinting that Israel might be open to some elements of the 2002 Arab Peace Plan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu totally backtracked. “The Arab Peace Initiative includes positive elements that can help revive constructive negotiations with the Palestinians,†Netanyahu said shortly after right-wing member of Knesset…
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Occupied East Jerusalem Needs to Be Free
By Daoud Kuttab In its attempt to force itself on the Palestinians of Jerusalem, the Israeli government and various Israeli radical groups have an arsenal of actions, activities and slogans all with the same purpose. Unable to remove Palestinians from Jerusalem or wrestle total control over the holy city, various attempts are made to make…
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Why Palestinians are tuning into this reality TV show to select the next president
By Daoud Kuttab The bio of Waed Qannam reads like the perfect resume for a potential president of Palestine. Born in the Arroub refugee camp near Hebron in 1992; graduated in law from Palestine’s leading university, Al-Quds; holder of a master’s degree in law from Birzeit University; and active in the Fatah movement, Qannam became a resident of Jerusalem after…
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How to end cycle of violence between Palestinians, Israelis
By Daoud Kuttab The cycle of violence in Palestine and Israel has become so predictable that almost anyone following the news can easily forecast what will happen next. For Palestinians, Israelis and the international community, the predictability of the cycle of violence points to lifting the Israeli occupation as the most effective way to end…
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Jerusalem Day changes nothing
By Daoud Kuttab In its attempt to force itself on the Palestinians of Jerusalem, the Israeli government and various Israeli radical groups have an arsenal of actions, activities and slogans all with the same purpose. Unable to remove Palestinians from Jerusalem or wrestle total control over the holy city, various attempts are made to make…








