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Daoud Kuttab

Daoud Kuttab

Al Jazeera

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Israel’s Lebanon buffer zone is a fallacy and no path to peace

Israel’s Lebanon buffer zone is a fallacy and no path to peace

Territorial buffers rarely, if ever, deliver the peace and security their advocates promise. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine was seen...

23.04.2026 50

The Japan Times

Daoud Kuttab

Israel’s Buffer-Zone Fallacy

07.04.2026 60

Project Syndicate

Daoud Kuttab

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s assassination will likely backfire. Here is why

A favourite tactic of war is to try to decapitate the enemy leadership. While such strategies might work in certain contexts, in the Middle East, they...

02.03.2026 100

Al Jazeera

Daoud Kuttab

Israel’s Doha strike has destroyed American credibility

12.09.2025 100

The Japan Times

Daoud Kuttab

Israel’s Doha Strike Has Destroyed American Credibility

11.09.2025 70

Project Syndicate

Daoud Kuttab

The US government does not want any Palestinian to speak

The US denial of visas for Palestinian officials who were to attend the UNGA is meant to silence the Palestinians.

07.09.2025 90

Al Jazeera

Daoud Kuttab

Israel’s starvation denial is an Orwellian farce

The Israeli ‘hasbara’ cannot disprove the obvious, but it can obfuscate and exhaust.

16.08.2025 30

Al Jazeera

Daoud Kuttab

Appeals and negotiations won’t make Israel stop starving Gaza

Sanctions would.

27.07.2025 70

Al Jazeera

Daoud Kuttab