So sad to see Obama kneel to AIPAC
Obama’s promises fail at the AIPAC conference By Daoud Kuttab It was so sad. To see a grown tower of a man come to his knees. Just like everyone before him, the presumptive democratic followed the suit of all US political leaders before him and bowed down at the footsteps of the pro Israel lobby. […]
Thanks, Princeton University
It ended rather quickly. After punching in the grades on the special peoplesoft web site of the university my last formal activity at Princeton University was over. In the span of this year I taught upper class students a seminar entitled New Media in the Arab world, ran a freshman seminar class entitled Authentic Arab […]
The Kippa, the Keffiya, Green and Orange
published in the Huffington post The Kippa, the Keffiya, Green and Orange by Daoud Kuttab Upon arriving for my freshman orientation at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania back in 1971, I was asked to wear a cardboard beanie. Having just come from Jerusalem I was rather upset at having to wear that head covering. The […]
Divine Commander in chief crosses the lines
What was more dangerous than the ‘appeasement’ reference By Daoud Kuttab While the Barak Obama , Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, the media and others were correct in pouncing on President Bush for his ‘appeasement’ remark during his speech at the Israeli Knesset, an even more dangerous trend was totally ignored. In his gushing praise for […]
Israel at 60, resolution far away
By Daoud Kuttab As the state of Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, Palestinians remember the naqba, or “catastrophe” – their story of dispossession, occupation, and statelessness. But, for both sides, as well as external powers, the events of 1948 and what has followed – the occupation since June 1967 of the remaining lands of historic […]
Palestinian statehood is priority
Following appeared in the Washington Post Priority: Statehood The Palestinian right of return is not what’s holding up a peace agreement. By Daoud Kuttab Monday, May 12, 2008; A19 In the spring of 1948, my father, George Kuttab, and his brother Qostandi fled Musrara, a Jerusalem neighborhood just outside the walled city, after their sister […]
listen to me on NPR
My interview on NPR’s morning edition can be heard on http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=4&islist=true&id=3&d=05-14-2008
Israelis manhandling US envoy while Washingtn is silent
by Daoud Kuttab Shortly before the convening of the one day Annapolis meeting aimed at giving a push to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, last November, Condoleza Rice held a much smaller meeting in the state department. Huddling with the authors of a brand new book on negotiating an Arab Israeli peace, the US secretary of state […]
Washington silent about Israeli attack on General Fraser
By Daoud Kuttab Shortly before the convening of the one day Annapolis meeting aimed at giving a push to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, last November, Condoleza Rice held a much smaller meeting in the state department. Huddling with the authors of a brand new book on negotiating an Arab Israeli peace, the US secretary of state […]
Carter the peacemaker
by Daoud Kuttab When approaching a conflict, any world statesperson would consider trying to break up the logjam. A Christian leader who has always stood for justice and human rights and who takes the issue of the sancity of life seriously has no choice but to try and see what he or she can do […]