من داود كُتّاب حصلت على مسودة افكار متداولة حول الانتخابات وانشرها كما وصلتني: كل خمس سنوات، تجرى الانتخابات البلدية الإسرائيلية. تاريخيًا، اختار العديد من الفلسطينيين مقاطعة هذه الانتخابات، نظرًا لأن القدس الشرقية مدينة محتلة. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، وبالتأمل في تجارب العرب الإسرائيليين في الكنيست، يعتقد الكثيرون أن تمثيلنا لن يؤثر بشكل كبير على…

By Daoud Kuttab Even though the 2002 Arab Peace Plan provided a clear road map for Arab-Israeli peace and normalization, the Israelis have never responded seriously to it. The plan calls for total normalization of 56 Arab and majority Muslim countries with Israel once it withdraws from the Arab territories…

The violent uptick in violence in the occupied West Bank is causing worry by many that we are witnessing an undeclared new uprising. Israeli troops almost daily are blamed for killing one or two Palestinians, while armed Palestinians are trying to hit back with little effect. Since the beginning of…

By Daoud Kuttab Twenty-nine years after Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin shook hands at the White House Lawn and the elusive Palestinian-Israeli conflict is not being resolved. A clear path for resolution exists, but it requires political courage. Palestinians made the strategic mistake back in September 1993 to accept a five-year interim plan…

By Daoud Kuttab In the discussions about LGBTQ rights, one recurring slogan is that those who love each other have a right to marry each other. While the right of gay couples to have their wishes addressed by governments, straight Palestinian couples don’t enjoy that right. The Israeli Knesset reinstated…

By Daoud Kuttab Israeli security is pushed to the limits. The coincidence of three holidays at the same time pushed the men and women who are responsible for quiet to the brink. The holy month of Ramadan, the Jewish Passover, and Easter all occurred in the same last weeks of…

Gaza and Jerusalem should be on the White House table with Bennett By Daoud Kuttab When US President Joe Biden meets at the Oval Office with the new Israeli Prime Minister the talk regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict should focus on two issues Gaza and Jerusalem. The current Israeli head of a rotating premiership has stated that “major diplomatic moves in either direction…

After over five years and 164 court sessions, the Israeli judiciary is expected to issue a verdict in the coming months as to the innocence or guilt of a Palestinian humanitarian official. Mohammad El Halabi the former director of the World Vision humanitarian program in Gaza was arrested back in…

Restrictions, imprisonments, Attacks, and killings of journalists the world over have continued for years for a simple reason. Impunity. Political leaders, government officials, drug lords, and corrupt powerful families have made sure that attacks on courageous journalists produce the desired results. …