Daoud Kuttab

The badly violated Gaza ceasefire might be getting further attention from the US-led Board of Peace.

Ever since the 12-day US-Israeli war against Iran in June 2025, Jordanian airspace has been a theater for Iranian attempts to attack Israel. Projectiles, whether rockets or drones, have often, but not always, been successfully intercepted in the skies over sovereign Jordanian territory.

Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff and mayor of Chicago, has ambitions to become US president and hopes to compete in the 2028 presidential primary. As a student of politics, this possible Democratic Party contender seems good at reading the political landscape.

On Eid Al-Adha, as prayers and greetings traveled across communities, a troubling signal rose from West Jerusalem: an Israeli ministerial committee approved a measure that would reach into the soundscape of worship and hand new powers to police at sacred Muslim sites.

The eighth congress of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s leading movement, Fatah, was held in Ramallah last week. It concluded with the election of the group’s highest body, the 18-member Central Committee, and its quasi-legislative body, the 80-member Fatah Revolutionary Council.