Bottom Lines

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"It is not possible that the entire Egyptian press is wrong and the minister of housing alone is right." --Abdallah El-Sinnawi, Al-Arabi

"The government cannot regain the trust of its citizens when there is a widespread feeling that a parasitic and exploitative group is gathering wealth through fraud and corruption." --Ragab El-Banna, October

"Nobody thought it necessary to remember 13 September. The people of the Middle East forgot what happened then." -- Ghassan Charbel, Al-Hayat

"Muslims used to think that... their problems were always caused by foreign forces and hidden hands. It didn't occur to them that they could be the source of their own problems." -- Mishari Athyedi, Asharq Al-Awsat

"A responsible leader in Israel, one who is concerned about the Jews and about the country... would immediately put a stop to all forms of delegitimisation of Israeli Arabs in their country, from racist declarations by ministers and people in positions of responsibility, to government policy in all areas." -- Nizar Majali, Haaretz