Jordan Needs New and Bold Effort in Jerusalem
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- Published on Thursday, 16 May 2013 08:52
by Daoud Kuttab
Whether the Jordanian government likes it or not, the Jordanian-Palestinian agreement and the mood of the people regarding Jerusalem require it to take a new look at the situation in the holy city.
Palestinian Negotiations Tactics
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- Published on Friday, 10 May 2013 09:09
by Daoud Kuttab
One of the hardest decisions that a political leader has to take is when to engage in negotiations and when to refrain. This has been the dilemma facing Palestinian leaders for decades. At times they are blamed for refusing to engage and at other times their engagement has given the other side a cover to keep doing what they were doing before the talks.
Bethlehem Nun Calls For Bridges, Not Walls
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- Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 08:44
by Daoud Kuttab
After a seven-year legal battle, the Silesian nuns convent located in the Palestinian town of Beit Jala lost an appeal on April 24 against the building of the Israeli wall on its land. The latest route of the wall will place the convent on the Palestinian side of the wall, and its companion Cremisan Catholic monastery on the Israeli side. It will also take up most of the Church’s lands as well as that of 58 families, most of them Palestinian Christians.
Leaders-Less Jerusalemites Looking to Fayyad
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- Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 08:29
by Daoud Kuttab
Palestinian residents of Jerusalem have been frustrated for years as they are caught between Israel's unilateral decision to annex East Jerusalem and the inability of the Ramallah-based Palestinian leadership to help them.
Jordan: Birth Pains of Democratic Politics
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- Published on Friday, 26 April 2013 09:38
by Daoud Kuttab
After months of consultations a new/old government has finally received the vote of confidence.
Israeli Racism Codified by Law
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- Published on Friday, 26 April 2013 09:31
by Daoud Kuttab
The state of Israel prides itself on being a democratic state in which all its citizens are treated equally under the law. Yet a closer examination shows the strange and convoluted ways in which laws are used to defend some clearly racist practices.
“All I Can Do Now is Burn It”
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- Published on Thursday, 25 April 2013 08:38
by PCHR/ Narratives
Mohammed Yassin al Astal (42) is a farmer from Khan Younis. He rents five dunums of farming land in an agricultural area comprised of 22 dunums of land located to the northwest of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Salam Fayyad Doomed by Israel and Palestinian Enemies Alike
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2013 11:05
by Daoud Kuttab
When Salam Fayyad took over the Palestinian ministry of finance, the No, 1 complaint against the Palestinian leadership was corruption. I should know: In 1996 I was jailed for seven days because the small TV station I was running dared to broadcast live a session of the newly elected Palestinian legislative council dealing with corruption. Much has happened since then.
Israel Responds to Obama's Generosity With Nastiness
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2013 10:07
by Daoud Kuttab
Israel may say that it wants peace, but the reality has become clear. Once U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry left the region, Israel felt protected by the charm handed to it for free by Obama and subsequently ignored his advice on how to work on ending the occupation.
To Palestinians, Baird’s Visit is a Slap in The Face
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- Published on Monday, 15 April 2013 09:01
by Nabeel Shaath
Tuesday’s meeting between Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni in occupied East Jerusalem not only marks an unprecedented recognition of the illegal Israeli annexation of Palestinians’ occupied capital, it undermines efforts by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to restart negotiations.
Bird Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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- Published on Monday, 15 April 2013 08:20
By: Mitri I. Musleh, Canada
John Baird, Canada's Current foreign Minister, has defied the international diplomatic community by meeting Israel's Justice Minister Tzipi Livni in her East Jerusalem office.
Free Movement Should Be ‘Guaranteed Immediately’
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- Published on Friday, 12 April 2013 09:47
by Daoud Kuttab
This week, hundreds of Palestinians attempting to return home using the only crossing point allowed to them, the King Hussein Bridge, found themselves stuck for hours and hours at the bridge.
“Everything We Owned Was Destroyed in The Attack”
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- Published on Thursday, 11 April 2013 08:33
by PCHR/ Narratives
During the recent Israeli offensive, 'Operation Pillar of Defence' (14 – 21 November 2012), Israeli forces attacked streets, family homes, and civilian buildings in densely populated areas, causing injuries and deaths amongst civilians, and extensive destruction to civilian property in the Gaza Strip. 127 civilian houses were completely destroyed, another 153 civilian houses were extensively damaged and more than 600 houses sustained minor damage.
Our Enemies Are Known, The Emir of Qatar is Not One of Them
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- Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2013 10:17
By Khalid Amayreh
I am not accustomed to praising rulers and political leaders. I always thought that doing this would be demeaning to the dignity and integrity of true journalists who should be true and loyal to their conscience and moral rectitude first and foremost.
'Countless' Reasons for World to Push Israel on Jerusalem
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- Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2013 09:41
by Dr. Sabri Saidam
Countless are the UN resolutions referring to East Jerusalem as an occupied city, and countless are the international references to Palestine, which includes East Jerusalem, as a state under occupation.
Abu Hamdiyeh: A Victim of Israel's Criminal Callousness
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- Published on Monday, 08 April 2013 14:07
by Khalid Amayreh
As widely expected, Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh succumbed to his untreated illness in an Israeli jail earlier this week.
