Daoud Kuttab

Palestine, media, Jordan, community radio, online journalism

  • Why Palestinians are unfazed by calls to cut off US aid

    Prominent Palestinian politicians and economists in the Palestinian territories appear to be totally unfazed by threats that the Republicans in both houses of Congress and in the Donald Trump administration might cut off aid to the Palestinian government. Mustafa Barghouti, an elected Palestinian legislator, told Al-Monitor that the United States has already reduced aid to…

  • Liberman’s airport comment not so ridiculous, says Gaza activist

    By Daoud Kuttab Few Israelis understood why their hard-line defense minister would even talk about a seaport and an airport in Gaza. In an Oct. 24 interview with the widely circulated Palestinian daily Al-Quds, Avigdor Liberman offered the formula for a possible Gazan port and airport. “If they make the decision to stop digging tunnels,…

  • Palestinians’ houses demolished, settlers’ legalised

         By Daoud Kuttab A totally different fate awaits two separate sets of homes built without licence in occupied Palestinian territories. Palestinians, especially in East Jerusalem where a city planning zone has not been approved in 49 years, face demolitions every time they dare build a dwelling for their families without obtaining the nearly impossible…

  • Will state of Palestine be Obama’s legacy?

    By Daoud Kuttab A veteran Palestinian thinker and legal expert believes that US President Barack Obama should use his remaining months in the White House to ensure that a UN Security Council resolution recommending the recognition of Palestine be permitted to pass. Camille Mansour, a former Sorbonne professor and adviser to the negotiating team of…

  • Will Trump be fair to the world?

          By Daoud Kuttab At about 2:40am Wednesday, Donald J. Trump, the US president elect, spoke to his supporters, the American people and the world.  He praised Hillary Clinton, spoke about how he will make America great and then addressed the world. “I want to tell the world community that while we will…

  • How Abbas could end up with three successors

    By Daoud Kuttab With last-minute preparations underway for the seventh Fatah congress due to be held Nov. 29, the big question on many people’s minds is whether the top three positions presently held by Mahmoud Abbas will be taken up by a single person or three different people. At present, Abbas is not only the…

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