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Not much in the heads of Arabs these Ramadan days except food. Amgad Rasmi in the Saudi-funded Asharq Al-Awsat ; Mohamed Omar of Egypt's Akher Saa' . It's that time of year when cannons are going off. In Ramadan, to mark the end of the fast, but so too they are being fired by the United States and Israel at Iraqis and Palestinians. "Isn't it cool that our cannons are going off at the same time?"

"Is it not a shame that the US, the world's only superpower, is leading this onslaught, inciting terrorism and refusing to support legitimate rights?" -- Galal Dowidar, Al-Akhbar

"Who will pay the price for terrorism executed in the name of Islam? The good Egyptians -- Muslim and Christian -- are totally free of any guilt." -- Sayed El-Qimni, Rose El-Youssef

"Most of the congressmen know nothing about this wall except from information fed to them by Israeli reports that present the wall as a mechanism to defend innocent Israelis from Palestinian terror attacks." -- Ragih Al-Khouri, An-Nahar

"From now on, everybody must be very careful before making any remark about Israel. All must be careful not to say anything that might upset it." -- Al-Bayan

"The olive war is an outgrowth of the battle between Israelis and Palestinians... It is a daily battle, and it is fraught within many symbols and emotions. It is a summary of the conflict between the two peoples." -- Yehuda Litani, Yediot Aharonot