Archive for September, 2005

Sep 23 2005

The State of Gaza?

Published by under Articles,Palestinian politics

By Daoud Kuttab

As was predicted, the Israeli government is moving quickly to absolve itself of any and all responsibility for the people of the Gaza Strip. The latest sign of this has been the order signed by the Minister of Interior Ophir Pines declaring Gaza foreign territories and, as a consequence, the four Israeli checkpoints with Gaza international borders. Continue Reading »

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Sep 23 2005

Bridge blues again

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I was a bit hesitant about traveling by the Allenby bridge but at the last minute I decide to go. A few friends from abroad were in town for the first time and it made sense that I would go with them back to Amman .

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Sep 10 2005

So, Gaza was occupied

Published by under Articles,Palestinian politics

By Daoud Kuttab

For 37 years, Israel has consistently rejected Palestinians’ and the world view that the status of the areas its military took in 1967 was occupied. When Israel was not using the biblical terms of Judea and Samaria (to refer to the West Bank) they used the terms “administered territories” or “disputed territories”. That is until now. Continue Reading »

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