‘Biggest losers’
By Daoud Kuttab The biggest losers in the current political stalemate in Palestine have been the civil servants. Their total number is a bit over 150,000. The actual civil servants are 73,000 and those on the security payroll from the various apparatuses are said to be 85,000. Add to this number those who are retired […]
All because the stupid Israeli computer
 By Daoud Kuttab  I am sitting in a bus shelter on a dark highway. Cars are going by but no one is stopping. The clock on the computer reads 6:19 it is pitch black outside, the only light is coming from my lap top whose battery is signaling that it full. I have thirty […]
Divide and Rule
By Daoud Kuttab- The Jerusalem Post A strange phenomenon has been taking place over the past few years. Israel has been carrying out a systematic plan to try and separate Gaza from the West Bank. Little attention has been given to this effort separating people – and a country – using administrative measures. This […]
Three conditions for a successful ceasefire
by Daoud Kuttab Three conditions must obtain for ceasefire agreements to work. They need to be mutual, supervised by a neutral party and supported by continuous political negotiations. Only the first condition seems to have been met this time around, and for the fire to cease we need to work on the remaining two conditions. […]
Three conditions for a successful ceasefire
by Daoud Kuttab Three conditions must obtain for ceasefire agreements to work. They need to be mutual, supervised by a neutral party and supported by continuous political negotiations. Only the first condition seems to have been met this time around, and for the fire to cease we need to work on the remaining two conditions. […]
‘Blessed are those with low expectations for they shall not be disappointed’
Daoud Kuttab The repeated disappointments Palestinians have witnessed over the years have greatly lowered the expectations of most that real change is possible regarding the continuous illegal occupation of their country. Recalling the Sermon on the Mount, which took place on Palestinian lands, one activist created his version of one of the beatitudes that reads: […]
Honor the agreement you signed
By Daoud Kuttab A little over a year ago, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Quartet envoy James Wolfensohn, Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz, the PA’s Muhammad Dahlan and the EU reached an agreement to allow Palestinians free movement in and out of the Gaza Strip.
Statement issued at the end of the Middle East and North Africa
Statement issued at the end of the Middle East and North Africa day during the Amarc9 conference held in Amman 11 November 2006 We the participants of the Amarc9 conference held in the Jordanian capital Amman on Saturday November 11, 2006 request the following
A changing channel
By Daoud Kuttab When it first appeared, the new satellite channel broadcast from Qatar reflected its own name. Al-Jazeera – Arabic for “the island” – represented a haven of professional, independent, current affairs programming in a sea of one-sided, government-controlled Arab media. Until al-Jazeera’s journalists, mostly BBC-trained, arrived on the scene, the average Arab citizen’s […]
Lame Duck Potential
By Daoud Kuttab In a surprise meeting with journalists gathered at the home of Jordanian Information Minister Nasser Judeh, King Abdullah sounded worried about the Palestinian situation. The coming six months may witness a major breakthrough. If not, we will be in for another long hiatus. One issue that seems to be on the way […]