Palestinians and Peres: A love-hate relationship

By Daoud Kuttab The atmosphere at the Palestinian ministry was as cold as ice. News had come of the condolence statement issued by Palestinian[…]

FIFA under pressure to sanction Israel for settlement games

By Daoud Kuttab The world’s leading soccer association is under pressure by the world’s leading human rights organization to live up to its[…]

Democracy is impossible with occupation and rebellion rule

By Daoud Kuttab The overtly exaggerated power of electoral democracy has once again been put into question in the Middle East. Municipal elections[…]

RACISM AT THE EAST JERUSALEM INTERIOR MINISTRY OFFICE

This is a personal story of the discrimination we faced trying to get a residency ID issued for our daughter By Daoud Kuttab[…]

Abbas disappoints, again, with UN speech

By Daoud Kuttab In the week before President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech to the UN General Assembly on Sept. 22, a number of Palestinians[…]

How independent are Palestinian courts?

By Daoud Kuttab When the Palestinian High Court of Justice decided Sept. 7 to suspend the Oct. 8 municipal elections, it caught many people off[…]

On election day

By Daoud Kuttab When Khaled Kalaldeh, the head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), spoke at the close of the day’s voting, those[…]

Why Palestine’s ‘Merry Christmas people’ are not so merry

By Daoud Kuttab In a long interview with Egyptian ONTV Sept. 1, Jibril Rajoub, the head of the Palestinian Football Association, appeared to[…]

Mishaal’s call for smart politics

             By Daoud Kuttab While addressing mourners for the loss of his mother in Jordan, Hamas leader Khaled[…]

Controversial cable car project in Jerusalem pushed by Israeli mayor

By Daoud Kuttab Like many Israeli officials, whenever Nir Barkat, the Israeli mayor of Jerusalem, wants to make a political splash among Israeli[…]