![Palestinians lift flags of the Hamas and Fatah groups as they demonstrate in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on November 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-07/GettyImages-1775037783%20copy.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=LLXEgcny)
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In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics
Daoud Kuttab is a Palestinian journalist, a media activist and a columnist for Palestine Pulse. He is a former Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University and is currently director-general of Community Media Network, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing independent media in the Arab region. On Twitter: @daoudkuttab
![Palestinians lift flags of the Hamas and Fatah groups as they demonstrate in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on November 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-07/GettyImages-1775037783%20copy.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=LLXEgcny)
![Al-Shifa hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya who was detained by Israeli forces since November, is welcomed by relatives after his release alongside other detainees, at Nasser hopsital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip July 1, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-07/GettyImages-2159519672.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=NPpSMYMN)
Analysis
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Daoud Kuttab
In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics
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