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Jews could be welcomed in future Palestinian state
By Daoud Kuttab When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu initially suggested the possibility of Jewish settlers to remain citizens of the Palestinian state, it was not clear whether this was a bluff or a serious proposal. While Palestinian negotiators were quick to reject the idea, it was members of the Israeli cabinet themselves who revealed the true intention…
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Johansson, SodaStream row bolstering Palestinian cause?
By Daoud Kuttab When the American actress Scarlett Johansson was asked to become a global brand ambassador for SodaStream, she had little reason to object. After all, she had learned that the Israeli company gives fair and equal wages to its Israeli and Palestinian workers. Little did Johansson suspect that her cooperation — with a firm whose main factory is located…
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Abbas backs NATO peacekeeping role after Israeli withdrawal
By Daoud Kuttab The Dec. 15 visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry was cut short because of inclement weather. But Kerry, who brought with him four-star Gen. George Allen, has enough time to pass on the bad news. After Allen presented the US-designed security plan for the eastern borders of the future Palestinian state,…
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Crisis in Yarmouk camp in Syria unites Palestinians
By Daoud Kuttab Never in recent memory has any single issue or location unified Palestinians as much as the starvation of the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp just outside Damascus. The camp, one of the biggest in Syria, has been a target of the internal Syrian conflict, with some opposition forces holed up inside and government forces keeping a…
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Will Palestinians accept Jewish settlers in Palestine?
By Daoud Kuttab Following appeared in the Jordan Times and Huffington PostJewish settlements in the occupied territories are illegal. The whole world has said so.When the International Court of Justice in the Hague was asked for an opinion on the Israeli wall built deep into Palestinian territory, the ICJ reaffirmed that occupying powers are not…
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Israeli report reveals demographic policy in Gaza
By Daoud Kuttab One of the key obstacles to permanent Israeli control of the West Bank is the presence of Palestinians in it. Unable to physically move them or have them leave voluntarily, Israel has over the years deployed an administrative process that is called “transfer.” The basic foundation of this racist policy is…








