Daoud Kuttab

Palestine, media, Jordan, community radio, online journalism

  • Palestine to raise concerns about settlement-based teams at FIFA conference

    By Daoud Kuttab The president of the Palestinian Football Federation (PFF), Jibril Rajoub, plans to raise at the FIFA congress in Mexico the status of five soccer clubs based in Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. The five teams located in the West Bank are Beitar Givat Ze’ev, Beitar Ironi Ariel, Ironi Yehuda, Beitar Ironi…

  • Challenges facing Palestinian journalists

                  By Daoud Kuttab For most journalists, the challenge of doing their job usually comes from one source. However, restrictions and challenges facing Palestinian journalists are multi-levelled and much more complicated. While most human and media rights organisations usually list governments as restricting journalists, Palestinians living in the occupied territories…

  • Why is Jordan restricting Palestinians’ travel?

    By Daoud Kuttab Like so many accomplished students, Benaz Someir, a Palestinian from Gaza, chose to attend Birzeit University.  While pursuing her degree in journalism, Benaz met and later married Walid Batrawi, a fellow BA journalism student from Ramallah. For family and professional reasons, Benaz, a resident of Khan Yunis in Gaza, requested and was…

  • ‘bridging’ dilemma

    By Daoud Kuttab One issue subject to intense discussions is the “bridge” policy.  That is, King Hussein Bridge, which connects Palestine to Jordan and, by extension, to the rest of the world. The bridge policy is unknown and undeclared. The main reason is that the bridge is not an international crossing point.  While Jordan signed…

  • Palestinians from Gaza who hold properly issued passports are being discriminated against if they were born in Gaza

    By Daoud Kuttab Of all the Jordanian policies that have often been the subject of intense discussion, the one subject that has been a taboo for anyone to talk about has been the ‘bridge’ policy. The reference here is to how decisions are made in regards to travel on the King Hussein Bridge which is…

  • Newton’s theory in Palestine

          By Daoud Kuttab The cycle of violence in Palestine is so predictable that almost anyone following the news can easily forecast what happens next. This ability to anticipate what happens if the cycle of violence is not broken is perhaps the most concrete proof that the Israeli occupation is the source of…

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