Daoud Kuttab

Palestine, media, Jordan, community radio, online journalism

  • Iran Deal Could Help Palestinian Cause

    By Daoud Kuttab The Palestinian-Israeli conflict might get an unexpected shot in the arm as a result of the recently concluded Iran nuclear agreement. While the P5+1 talks in Vienna focused only on the issue of Iran’s nuclear capability, many are looking for how this agreement will effect regional conflicts. Some of the harshest critics…

  • Why is Israel trying to shut down this Palestinian TV station?

    By Daoud Kuttab When writer-lawyer Sabri Jiryis wrote in 1968 his research about the 165,000 non-Jews that remained in their country when Israel was created in 1948, he called his book “The Arabs in Israel.”  For many years, the national identity of non-Jewish Arab citizens of Israel has been in flux. They are usually called…

  • Palestinian leadership faces foggy future

    By Daoud Kuttab The June 30 decision by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was swift, but the meaning and ramifications of it might be long lasting. The secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee, Yasser Abed Rabbo, was relieved of his role and later replaced by another executive committee member, Saeb Erekat, based on Abbas’ request. News…

  • The Palestinian leadership crisis

    Following appeared in the Jordan Times Newspaper By Daoud Kuttab The political black hole that the Arab Israeli conflict has entered and the ageing Palestinian leader forced again the discussion of what will happen in the post-Abbas era. Two news items recently pointed to the succession crisis in the Palestinian leadership: the sudden removal of…

  • To defuse tension about Al Aqsa

    Following appeared in the Jordan Times Newspaper By Daoud Kuttab Despite the lack of a political horizon in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one area that appears to witness a de-escalation of tensions might be Al Aqsa Mosque. According to a just-released comprehensive report by the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, Jordan and Israel are close to an…

  • New report outlines Al-Aqsa Mosque recommendations

    By Daoud Kuttab The status of Islam’s third-holiest site, Al-Aqsa Mosque, has been the subject of many academic and research efforts, most of them with an ideological bias. Israeli Jews consider the site of utmost importance to them and most research associated with Israel reflects this view. Some right-wing Israelis often try to stir up other Jews…

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