Daoud Kuttab

Palestine, media, Jordan, community radio, online journalism

  • British vote brings Palestinians one step closer to statehood

    By Daoud Kuttab After debate ended Oct. 13 in Westminster and the votes were cast, 274 British members of Parliament (MPs), representing major parties as well as diverse communities, passed a motion calling on their government to recognize the state of Palestine. “The vote is symbolic, but the discussion is essential,” Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian…

  • Palestinian Christian village cancels Oktoberfest

    By Daoud Kuttab Sometimes the product becomes better known than the town or country of origin. This happened to the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh, whose brew was described by Time Magazine as “the beer that made Taybeh famous.” The name of the beer and the town, which means “good” in Arabic, was given to this Palestinian village by…

  • Swedish decision to recognize Palestine no surprise

    By Daoud Kuttab For Swedes and Palestinians who have followed Swedish foreign policy toward Palestine, the announcement in Stockholm of the government’s intention to recognize the State of Palestine came as no surprise. In his inaugural speech Oct. 3, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven explained his administration’s decision, stating, “The conflict between Israel and Palestine can…

  • Creativity needed to break Israeli-Palestinian logjam

    By Daoud Kuttab It might seem counterintuitive, but the current Palestinian-Israeli hostility is a healthy return to what relations between occupiers and the occupied should be. Thus far, it is largely a rhetorical escalation in hostilities, but such words often quickly become action. In this war of words, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, speaking before the UN General Assembly, called Israeli…

  • Abbas makes last-ditch effort to win Palestinian independence

    By Daoud Kuttab Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is possibly making his last effort to try to bring about an independent state. The odds are against him, but he has a plan and he appears to be set to giving it his last best shot. Abbas’ speech at the UN General Assembly attempted to lay down the…

  • Lingering dreams, shattered dreams

    following appeared in the Jordan Times newspaper By Daoud Kuttab Barbar was publishing media reports, running her own media training centre and was active in the field of women’s rights, but the one place she literally was dreaming to go to was the occupied West Bank. Not only had she not visited other parts of…

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