Daoud Kuttab

Palestine, media, Jordan, community radio, online journalism

  • Teamwork is absent

    following appeared in the Jordan Times Newspaper By Daoud Kuttab A quick survey of the success of Arabs at the Olympic Games shows an important phenomenon. With the exception of the bronze won by the Saudi equestrian jumping team in the 2012 London games, none of the nearly 100 medals won by Arab countries represents a…

  • Palestinian state would solve right of return

    By Daoud Kuttab Visualizing Palestine, a Lebanese-based nongovernmental organization, created an interactive map that shows the shrinking Palestinian population in Palestine between 1918 and 2015. The graphic, “Palestine Shrinking, Israel Expanding,” demonstrates in a clear and simple way the catastrophe that has befallen the Palestinians as a result of Zionist immigration to Palestine and their (direct and…

  • Remember the Suffering of Palestinians

    Following appeared in the Jordan Times newspaper By Daoud Kuttab AMMAN — Sometimes it is difficult to remember the daily suffering of Palestinians living under occupation. The wars and turmoil all around us tend to divert our attention from genuinely terrible issues that might seem mundane when compared to the wars in Syria or Yemen….

  • Israeli court to rule on minister’s deportation case

    By Daoud Kuttab For nine years, former Palestinian Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Khaled Abu Arafeh and elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council Ahmad Ottwan, Mohammed Totah and Mohammad Abu Tier have been waiting for a decision from the Israeli Supreme Court.  Shortly after the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections, the four Jerusalem residents were banned from entering their city of…

  • New Israeli government makes no pretense of peace

    By Daoud Kuttab For the first time in 20 years, an Israeli government will be sworn in without a mention or plan of resolving the Palestinian conflict. This is actually a good thing, for it reveals the true nature and position of Israel. Israelis have in the past boasted that when it comes to Palestine, they negotiate the…

  • ‘Public service broadcasting should not be run by government’

    Following appeared in the Jordan Times newspaper By Daoud Kuttab The caller on the phone, a close friend, was frantic. “They are going to destroy us,” she said. After calming her down, my friend who is a senior adviser at a local commercial TV station, said that several of their staff are leaving to work…

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