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Arabs and regional alliances. By Mahjoob in the Palestinian newspaper Al-Quds

"The rich waste [the abundant water supply] on irrigating the gardens surrounding their palaces, cleaning their luxurious cars, dogs and horses within sight of [thousands] of citizens who lie in streets with empty plastic containers waiting for trucks that sell water to them." -- Al-Masry Al-Yom

"Marawan's role was to complete the scenario of deception drawn up by Egyptian intelligence in order to keep the most precious secret in the history of the nation." -- Salah Montasser, Al-Ahram

"[Satellite channels] host the player and he cries, and his brother cries, and his supporters cry against a backdrop of funeral music and [death] threats -- what is this?" -- Hassan El-Mistikawi, Al-Ahram

"The sight of two Palestinian governments and no Palestinian state is rather folkloric." -- Al-Liwaa

"For the first time, the Palestinians are providing the Israelis with an historic opportunity to find a solution to the Palestinian issue in a way that would not be in any way fair or just to the Palestinians." -- Nagi Sadiq Sharab, Al-Khaleej

"The Iraqi massacre merely increases the war casualties who are not American, Iranians, Syrians or Turks." -- Zuhair Qusaibati, Al-Hayat