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"Obama has a golden opportunity to reach a fair, permanent settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict, withdraw from Iraq, bring about stability to Afghanistan, and stop violating other states' sovereignty." -- Al-Ahram

"In all the speeches given by Barack Obama and John McCain, Israel was always the winner." -- Ahmed Ragab , Al-Akhbar

"Successive Egyptian education ministers used students as guinea pigs to test their own points of view [on education]." -- Ismail Ibrahim , Nahdet Masr

"Islamist movements consider the triumph of Barack Obama as their own victory." -- Elias Harfoush , Al-Hayat

"America is the richest and most advanced country precisely because it believes in equality and liberty, freedom of expression and equal opportunities." -- Tawfiq Al-Seif , Okaz

"Syria does not need to give Israel proof of its peaceful intentions and is certainly not prepared to give any more concessions to Israel."-- Al-Bayan