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Is confederation viable for Jordan?
     By Daoud Kuttab More than two years have elapsed since the last direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators. When the Israelis refused to release Palestinian prisoners from a previously agreed to list, the talks, in the words of US Secretary of State John Kerry, went up in the air….
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Netanyahu, Lieberman deal meant to derail French plan
By Daoud Kuttab If the French diplomatic machine had a hard time scheduling a conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry, it will soon find out that its effort to arrange an international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be that much harder. In a three-day spat, a behind-the-scenes effort by Kerry and former…
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What is an accepted mode of resisting Israeli occupation?
     By Daoud Kuttab A Palestinian supporter of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement debated online a European official in Israel who insisted that the EU is opposed to boycotts of Israel and rejects BDS. At the end of the twitter debate, the Palestinian posed the following simple question: “Could you tell…
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Magnetic card system restricts Palestinian visits to Jerusalem
By Daoud Kuttab One of the leading sources of anger among Palestinians under occupation is restriction on their movement. Palestinians living in the West Bank cannot travel to Gaza, and Palestinians in Gaza are normally not allowed to leave Gaza. Travel from the occupied territories to neighboring Jordan and Egypt also involves various kinds of restrictions. After the intervention…
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A holistic approach to press freedom
     By Daoud Kuttab The celebration of Press Freedom Day by Jordan’s UNESCO office by means of a debate on this year’s theme of access to information revealed the gap that exists between Jordan’s public position and the reality. For press freedom to exist and flourish, a holistic approach is needed….
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Can France Make Middle East Peace?
  By Daoud Kuttab RAMALLAH – Since the beginning of the year, the French government has been building support for an international conference to restart the Israel-Palestine peace process. France deserves applause for its brave effort to revive a process that has been going nowhere for the better part of a decade. But success…








