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 […]
Jordan radio station informing the community
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCE By DALE GAVLAK ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER AMMAN, Jordan — The breathless caller was desperate, with nowhere else to turn:”Help me to get a Bedouin and his camels and sheep out of my street,”he pleaded.”The herd nearly attacked two neighborhood boys.”
The day I met the King
November 8, 2006 When this day started I had no idea that by day’s end I would have shaken hands (twice) with the King of Jordan and even ask him a question. The news all over tv was the children and women killed in the early morning hours when Israeli missiles hit their homes […]
Bread or Democracy
Daoud Kuttab International Herald Tribune FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006 Former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, finding himself in a bind during sensitive negotiations with the Palestinians in 1996, put forth a new condition: Israel – reputed to be “the only democracy in the Middle East” – would trade land for peace only when the Palestinians practiced […]
Stripping Israel of Excuses
by Daoud Kuttab October 19, 2006 Edition 39 Volume 4 The Arab League’s peace initiative came some time after the eruption of the Aqsa intifada and followed a plan conceived of by then Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. The plan was actually leaked to the NY Times’ Tom Friedman in advance over a private […]
How I broke down under interrogation
October 19, 2006 I have tried for years to avoid traveling via the Tel Aviv airport, usually I try to leave out of Amman. But today I had to be in Palestine till Wednesday night and the only way to attend the conference I was invited to speak at was to leave from Ben […]
Leadership needed to prevent chaos, internal fighting
Daoud Kuttab Palestinians living in the occupied territories are clutching at straws these days. The one-month public servants strike which crippled all public institutions and kept hundreds of thousands of Palestinian students in the streets does not seem any closer to a resolution.
The day I beat the (VIP) monopoly
October 5th 2006 Jordan River Crossing Point It was not my intention or my plans, but when the dust settled, I had finally succeeded in beating the ugly monopoly system on the Jordan river crossing point called VIP. It all started when I called the Israeli manager of the bridge to find out […]
How I smuggled a “terrorist” into Israel and the US?
By Daoud Kuttab An editorial note before I answer this question, I need to make a note that the word terrorist is put within inverted comas signifying that this is not my description. To begin with I have to tell you the story of Haroon Abu Arra. I met Haroon in 1996. He was a […]
Starting with the Individual
Daoud Kuttab Four and-a-half years ago I found myself in a difficult position. This week,  the circle has been closed. But I am afraid that I can’t say that I am pleased with the results. Israeli troops decided that a five-storey building in Ramallah, belonging to Al Quds University, was needed for their security. They […]