Daoud & Salam Kuttab Reflect on 2025 and Look Ahead to 2026
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort.” — II Corinthians 1:3 While 2025 was a harrowing year in the Middle East, as war and violence continued in Gaza and the West Bank, our family has continued to look to the […]
Newsletter of Daoud and Salam Kuttab 2025
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort.” — II Corinthians 1:3 While 2025 was a deeply painful year in the Middle East, as war and violence continued in Gaza and the West Bank, our family has continued to look on […]
Newsletter of Daoud and Salam Kuttab 2024
“Children are a heritage from the Lord, Offspring a reward from Him” Psalms 127:3 Our youngest daughter Dina, and Jason Kerkvliet were the focus of three public events in 2024 culminating in the two tying the knot. An engagement in New Jersey, USA in April an August wedding in Amman, Jordan, and a wedding blessing in […]
The Daoud & Salam Kuttab 2024 Newsletter
2024 Daoud & Salam Kuttab newsletter
“Children are a heritage from the Lord, Offspring a reward from Him” Psalms 127:3 Our youngest daughter Dina, tied the knot with, Jason Kerkvliet, three public times in 2024 starting with an engagement at her uncle Danny and Rania’s New Jersey home in April. Following the April engagement, the family celebrated baby Daoud Bishara Kuttab’s […]
The Daoud Kuttab family 2020 Newsletter
Al-Aqsa Mosque back in the eye of the storm with renewed clashes, arrests
By Daoud Kuttab Tensions between Palestinian worshippers and Israelis at Al-Aqsa Mosque have been growing again. Following several incidents, Jordan’s King Abdullah told the Jordanian newspaper Ad-Dustour on Aug. 15, “We will persist in undertaking our religious and historical responsibilities toward Al-Aqsa Mosque/Haram al-Sharif, which faces repeated violations by extremist groups.†There has been no […]
Palestine hopes to join Interpol this fall
By Daoud Kuttab Palestine is hoping to upgrade its observer status to a full membership in Interpol this fall. The international police organization’s 85th General Assembly is set to take place in November in Bali, Indonesia.  It was reported that European police officials are working with the Palestinians to prepare them for the upcoming discussion. Joeri Van […]
How to apply the lessons from protecting Hebron to Jerusalem
By Daoud Kuttab As the violence in the occupied territories that began with clashes on the Jewish New Year, Sept. 13, is escalating, Palestinian officials say that 70 Palestinians were killed in the month of October alone. Meanwhile, Palestinian calls for international protection have been gaining traction. Â The United States attempted on Oct. 19 to […]
Tightened security backfires at Al-Aqsa
By Daoud Kuttab The recent violence that erupted at Al-Aqsa Mosque came as no surprise. On Sept. 9, Israel banned two groups of Palestinian Muslims who call themselves the masculine and feminine variants of “Mourabitoun†as illegal organizations. The problem is that in Islamic terminology, every Muslim in Jerusalem who attends prayers at Islam’s third-holiest mosque is a “mourabit,” a term […]