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Gaza today. In the Palestine daily Al-Ayyam

"The clashes between security forces and the people of Sinai are very dangerous and pose a threat to Egyptian national security." -- Farouk Gweida, Al-Ahram

"Who could have imagined that one day a wife swap association would appear in the country and that such announcements would be made on the Internet?" --Mohsen Mohamed, Al-Gomhuriya

"Obtaining a visa in Egypt requires the payment of a bribe, seeking help from well-connected people or a go-between inside any given embassy." -- Abdel-Wahab Adas, Al-Gomhuriya

"The traditional legitimacy is based on patrimony as in monarchical systems and the revolutionary legitimacy based on the political will of the masses for change." Radwan Al-Sayed, Al-Hayat

"Gaza's Palestinians are hostages, and the United Nations is worried, but Arabs are conspicuously silent." -- As-Safir

"When an Arab shareholder makes profits from trading shares, he wants to take home his profits. And when he loses the value of his shares, he wants the state to compensate him for his losses." -- Samir Atallah, Asharq Al-Awsat