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In the UAE daily Al-Bayan, Khaldoun Gharaiba says Arab unity is crumbling; "In front of my house there's a telephone line, a tram line and a poverty line." By Ezzeddin in the Egyptian weekly magazine Sabah Al-Kheir

"Without a doubt, the lack of transparency in reading our history is not much different from the lack of transparency in reading our current reality. This is a grave mistake into which authoritarian governments fall when they consider revealing truth and honesty as an act of aggression." -- Ahmed Rasem El-Nafis, Al-Qahira

"We refuse to be the props in a play in which there is no hope for change." -- Rifaat El-Said, Al-Ahali

"Arab problems have become impossible to resolve except with the help of foreign intervention." -- Al-Riyadh

"These Arab leaders act as if they are really significant and as if the world is anxiously awaiting their decisions." -- Abdel-Bari Atwan, Al-Quds Al-Arabi

"Israeli governments starting with Ben-Gurion have initiated many actions that were not officially sanctioned and are no less problematic than the establishment of a settlement on a hilltop in the West Bank." -- David Navon, Yediot Aharonot