No direction in Palestine

By Daoud Kuttab The escalating violence in Palestine is producing a multitude of commentary and reactions, but few are able to answer simple[…]

Is the Oslo Accord at death’s door?

By Daoud Kuttab Two weeks before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, he had warned on[…]

Israel finally agrees to increase support for Christian schools, but is it enough?

By Daoud Kuttab For the first 27 days of the 2015-16 school year in Israel, some 33,000 Palestinian students stayed at home during[…]

Palestine’s UN envoy: Multilateralism is the way forward

By Daoud Kuttab The Palestinian envoy to the UN, Riyad Mansour, welcomed what he described as “efforts to create an effective multilateral approach”[…]

To fight extremism

By Daoud Kuttab In his plan to counter what he called khawarej (the outlaws) of Islam, His Majesty King Abdullah gave prominence to[…]

What Does Jordan need to do with its Syrian refugees

By Daoud Kuttab As the international community struggles with the Syrian refugee crisis, many are looking at Jordan’s courageous position in absorbing as[…]

How Palestinian security forces are cracking down on their own people

By Daoud Kuttab It began as a demonstration against Israel on Sept. 18 following the recent incidents at Al-Aqsa Mosque, but it soon[…]

Israel attempts to redefine terrorism, but is its definition too broad?

By Daoud Kuttab A troubling anti-terrorism law to replace the 1945 Defense (Emergency) Regulations passed its first reading in the Israeli Knesset by an overwhelming[…]

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[…]

Response to Israeli provocations should be Palestinian unity

His Majesty King Abdullah was correct in calling what was happening in Jerusalem this week a provocation. After all, the Israelis had made[…]

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