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Abbas Moves Bring Out Israeli Arrogance and Paternalism
By Daoud Kuttab The decision by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to sign 15 international treaties brought further proof of Israeli arrogance, paternalism and even racist attitudes toward the Palestinians. Public statements by senior Israeli officials, as well as commentaries and analyses by Israeli pundits show angry reactions to the Palestinian move, something akin to the…
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Abbas catches Israel off guard
By Daoud Kuttab No sooner had Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas signed letters of accession to 15 international treaties than Israel began spinning various myths to explain how this came to be. Israeli officials and commentators were in shock while trying to justify how their Palestinian partner could do something without Israel’s prior approval. Abbas appears to have caught…
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Palestinian radio programs help prisoner morale
By Daoud Kuttab “Brother Murad, I want to say something to my brother in jail,†says a female voice. “Go ahead,â€Â Murad al-Sabi replies warmly. “My dear brother Sameh, I’m sorry no one was able to come to see you. The Israelis didn’t give your brothers permission. I was supposed to see you today, but the Israelis turned me…
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Palestinian negotiators multitask
Following appeared in the Jordan Times By Daoud Kuttab Modern technological development has brought with it the term multitasking, a term that replaced the popular “Can you chew and walk at the same timeâ€. Palestinian negotiators are now facing the tough challenge of applying to join various UN agencies while, at the same time, agreeing,…
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Abbas turns tables in peace talks with UN move
By Daoud Kuttab It is not clear whether it was by design or by accident that there is a one-month period between the scheduled date of the fourth Palestinian prisoner release by Israel and the end of the nine-month Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Regardless, Palestinians recognized that the month of April provided them with a unique opportunity to be unshackled from the commitments…
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Palestinians want real change for peace talks to proceed
By Daoud Kuttab The delay of the release of the fourth tranche of Palestinian prisoners and Israel’s bait that it will do so only if the Palestinians agree to extend the talks has failed to get a bite from Palestinian negotiators. The Palestinians have repeatedly said that the agreement at the start of the nine-month negotiations was…








