Ten Myths about Gaza
Following appeared in the Huffington Post.com Ten Myths about Gaza It is known that truth is the first casualty in wars. The current war on Gaza is no different. Below is a list of 10 myths perpetuated by Israel and repeated ad nauseum by many in the media. Myth # 1 Israel had no alternative […]
To Gaza Victims, Politis Means Little
To Gaza’s Victims, Politics Means Little My colleague and long-time friend Ayman Bardawil got a call from his family in Rafah. The house he was born and raised in was totally destroyed last week. His brother and family, who live in that house, were miraculously saved because one of his daughters had a cold and […]
Selective memory and chronology in the Palestinian Israeli conflict
A well repeated Arab saying dealing with conflicts states: al bad’azlam, the initiator [of a conflict] is the wrong one. So if you are trying to figure out who is wrong in the current round of violence around Gaza all you have to do is figure out who started it. But the moment you begin […]
HAS ISRAEL REVIVED HAMAS?
Published in the Washington Post Has Israel Revived Hamas? By Daoud Kuttab Tuesday, December 30, 2008; A15 JERUSALEM — In its efforts to stop amateur rockets from nagging the residents of some of its southern cities, Israel appears to have given new life to the fledging Islamic movement in Palestine. For two years, the Islamic […]
Livni wants to keep Palestinian citizen of Israel for ever a minority
The following appeared in the Huffington Post Daoud Kuttab Posted December 14, 2008 | 12:25 PM (EST) Israel’s foreign minister Tzipi Livni raised many eyebrows when speaking to Israeli high school students this week. Her attempts to sound tough while advocating the two state solution backfired badly. Even her attempts to repair the damage continued […]
Is the peace process irreversible?
Daoud Kuttab Lame-duck Palestinian, Israeli and US leaders are making serious effort these days to ensure that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process enters an irreversible track before they leave office. This irreversible train left the station in September shortly after Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, resigned from his office due to police investigation. Olmert, who has […]
Obama Will Announce the Closure of Guantanmo on January 20th
PUBLISHED ON THE HUFFINGTON POST President-elect Barack Obama will announce in his inauguration speech the intention of his administration to close down the Guantanamo prison. A source within the Obama transition team visiting Amman stated that the actual closure will take up to six months to complete because of the uncertainty of what to do […]
كلمة داود كتاب ÙÙŠ اÙØªØªØ§Ø Ù…Ø¤ØªÙ…Ø± أريج
كلمة داود كتاب ÙÙŠ اÙØªØªØ§Ø Ù…Ø¤ØªÙ…Ø± أريج قبل عدة أشهر وأثناء وجودي ÙÙŠ جامعة برنستون الامريكية شاركت عبر الانترنت وبالتعاون مع المركز الدولي للصØÙيين ÙÙŠ دورة للإعلامين العرب Øول الصØاÙØ© الاستقصائية. وضمن نشاطات الأسبوع الاول للدورة طلبنا من المشاركين مراجعة وسائل اعلامهم المØلية خلال الايام الثلاثة الماضية واختيار تØقيق إستقصائي لكي يتم مناقشته بين المشاركين […]
What preoccupies young Palestinian minds
following appeared in the Jordan Times and in the Huffington Post What preoccupies young Palestinian minds By Daoud Kuttab The occupation is foremost on Palestinian youth’s mind. This was made clear in the Palestinian village of Beita, near Nablus, at an event held on November 17: the opening of the youth development resource centre, funded […]
Undemocratic Arab regimes Afraid of Obama’s change
by Daoud Kuttab It seems like an appropriate enough cartoon. The depiction of the president elect Barack Obama with the US flag behind him and the bubble quoting Obama as saying the change has come to Washington. Looking up to the Obama depiction was an excited Egyptian woman congratulating the African American senator, reminding him […]