Michael Kuttner

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Call me Harry

Towards the end of last year, I attended a diplomatic conference in Jerusalem where attendees from the diplomatic corps, media and students of international...

Abbas, Malaysia and the UN – perfect partners

It is said that marriages are made in heaven. However, when it comes to Abbas, Malaysia and the United Nations we can confidently claim...

Will we ever learn?

It seems that no matter how many times we are faced with life-threatening situations many people never seem to draw the logical conclusions….writes Michael...

Is anyone listening?

Quote of the week: “you cannot change what you refuse to confront.”…writes Michael Kuttner. It was true back pre-World War 2 and it just as...

Off to a flying start

With the starter’s gun still reverberating and 2019 just dawning the election steeplechase has already attracted a crowded field ranging from old grey mares...

Election fever & other ailments

Israel is currently experiencing an outbreak of measles as a result of irresponsible parents not vaccinating their children against this childhood disease…writes Michael Kuttner. As...

Fair dinkum mate?

You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time but you cannot fool all the...

Morally bankrupt…writes Michael Kuttner

A definition of this malady states: “moral bankruptcy is the stage a country or organization reaches when it trades away or violates too many...

Mixed messages…writes Michael Kuttner

It is not always easy to decide whether expressions of appreciation are genuine messages of solidarity or merely politically expedient and opportunist attempts to...

International amnesia

There are two very important events commemorated in Israel at the end of November which the rest of the world have either deliberately wiped...