Filling in the blanks
Israeli Foreign Minister Peres and his Cairo hosts agreed that violence will not lead to Israeli-Palestinian peace. They agreed on little else, reports Nevine Khalil

Waiting for the fall
Anti-Israeli demonstrations are back -- sort of. Amira Howeidy reports

Corruption shockwaves
The sentences handed down to 31 businessmen at the end of the seven-year trial of the 'loan deputies' case sent shockwaves through the business and banking communities. Gamal Essam El-Din writes

Concerned support for Sudan deal
Egypt has welcomed the Sudanese peace protocol with measured support

The other anti-Semitism
A Jewish group is propagating the idea that criticism of Israel's crimes against the Palestinians is 'perverse racism'. Omayma Abdel-Latif looks at the latest incarnation of an old ploy

Anticipating the Brotherhood
Harsh prison sentences against leading Muslim Brotherhood figures seemed to underline the limits of government tolerance towards political-Islamic groups. Khaled Dawoud looks for political significance

Democracy versus nationalism
US and Western condemnation of the verdict against democracy advocate Saadeddin Ibrahim has injected the domestic reaction with an element of national indignation. Jailan Halawi reports on the fallout

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