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After rejecting Palestinian statehood, what next?
By Daoud Kuttab There is an Arab saying about taking away options to people. It says’ don’t break a full loaf of bread and don’t eat from a broken loaf but feel free to eat as much as you want.’ This is the international community’s response to Palestinian efforts to end an unjust 47 year…
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Why I Am Opposed to the Carrying Out of Capital Punishment in Jordan
By Daoud Kuttab I am in principle opposed to the capital punishment. I am even more opposed to Jordan carrying out this inhuman punishment for a number of reasons. One of the main reasons people are opposed to capital punishment is the fact that the chance of miscarriage of justice is high. Throughout history, there…
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Diplomacy, Timing and Palestine
By Daoud Kuttab Time is one of the most crucial elements of effective diplomacy. A diplomatic act can have disastrous consequences if executed at the wrong time, but can be successful if the timing is correct. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al Malki was quoted Tuesday as saying Palestinians are willing to postpone submitting a resolution…
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Death of Ziad Abu Ein could work to Abbas’ advantage
By Daoud Kuttab The death of senior Palestinian official Ziad Abu Ein, while he attempted to plant olive trees in Palestinian territory, is sure to reignite calls for a major discussion of Palestinian resistance tactics and strategies. Palestinian nonviolent efforts have been going on for years without producing concrete results. At a time when…
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New mooovie remembers cows that ‘threatened’ Israel
By Daoud Kuttab Award-winning documentary “The Wanted 18†reveals the nonviolent ambitions of Palestinian activists in the first intifada who wanted to challenge Israel’s occupation through means of self-sufficiency and tax evasion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FApW9ACWyJE
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Men and Women Call on Jordan’s MP Hind Fayez to Stand Tall
By Daoud Kuttab On the first of December 1955 (the year I was born), a 42-year-old African-American woman, Rosa Parks, made a defiant gesture by refusing to give up her bus seat despite a call by the white bus driver to stand. The residents of Montgomery, Alabama responded to Parks’ defiance by totally boycotting the…








