Daoud Kuttab

Palestine, media, Jordan, community radio, online journalism

  • Is Normalization Possible Before Israel Ends the Occupation?

      By Daoud Kuttab Military occupation is not normal. Holding a population against its will using military power is considered by the civilized world in the 21st century an abnormal act that must be rectified. The issue, however, becomes complicated with 46 years of one people ruling over another. It is further complicated and can be…

  • Confidence-Building Measures Needed For Israel-Palestine Talks

    By Daoud Kuttab Whenever peace talks are considered there are two elements that need to be attended to: the actual negotiations and the public at large. The negotiations themselves require agreement on the parties to the talks, the framework on which the talks are based, the duration of the talks and the various procedures that…

  • Referendums to Put Pressure On Palestinian, Israeli Negotiators

    By Daoud Kuttab During the difficult reconciliation efforts between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Hamas, a resolution was found to deal with the issue of talks with Israel, which the latter refuses to recognize. The Hamas leadership conceded that the PLO could negotiate with Israel provided that any agreement reached is put to a public…

  • Tweets reveal US double standards on Egypt and 1st Amendment

      By Daoud Kuttab Following appeared in various publications. One of the reasons for the success of social media’s Twitter platform is its ability to summarize a major issue in a few characters, while at the same time providing a link to give more details and credibility to the few words. This week a political…

  • US Must Sell Peace Talks To Israeli, Palestinian Public

      By Daoud Kuttab Peace talks generally require a parallel strategy aimed at communicating and convincing a reluctant public of its importance, value and ultimate benefits to the warring parties. One might think that nine months of publicly stated “secret” talks would require little communication. But the contrary is the case. The United States, which…

  • The Kerry Talks: Why the US Needs to Be in the Room

      By Daoud Kuttab Students of political negotiations might remember the long and difficult discussions in Paris about the shape of the negotiating table for the talks to end the Vietnam War. In the Palestinian-Israeli context, the discussion is not so much on the shape of the table as it is about the participants at the table. One of…

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