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In Egypt's weekly magazine Sabah El-Kheir: "Everything is ready Mr Minister -- ribbon, scissors, liars, hypocrites and clichés."; There's not much to read in the Arab press. Al-Ra'i Al-Am of Kuwait

"Is it fair to burden President Mubarak with a third term? My love and appreciation for the president forces me to ask him to give the people their constitutional right of self-determination." -- Gamal Badawi, Al-Wafd

"We do not need to improve the image of Islam abroad, or to defend it .What we do need is to let the new Islamic thinkers, with their moderation and balance, reach out to the younger generations." -- Amal Othman, Akhbar Al-Youm

"The fact that Egypt has decided to implement the job that [Israeli Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon failed to do [in relation to controlling Palestinian resistance in Gaza] raises too many questions about the rationale behind this Egyptian decision." -- Mohamed Abdul-Hakim Diab, Al-Quds Al-Arabi

"Palestinians must realise that Israel has a clear objective: to delay any negotiations with them until it has finished constructing the wall; in other words when there is a whole new reality on the ground." -- Khairallah Khairallah, Al-Mustaqbal

"After having reached the best solution to the Palestinian problem, with the use of Apache helicopters, assassinations, disengagement, walls and fences, and the targeted elimination of a paralysed sheikh, what else do we have to solve? Only the problem of all problems: the Arabs who live among us." -- Yigal Sarna, Yediot Aharonot