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The Israeli meat grinder. By Habib Haddad in the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat

"What puzzles me is that Secretary-General of the Arab League Amr Moussa did not show sufficient solidarity with the Turkish premier." -- Fahmy Howeidy , Al-Shorouk

"Who are the Egyptians who have so enraged Hassan Nasrallah that he speaks against Egypt with such bitterness and venom? -- Ahmed El-Masri , Nahdat Misr

"The previous administration did not fully understand that Muslims were the primary victims of terrorists and extremists, and suffered at their hands long before the West did." -- Osama Saraya , Al-Ahram

"The PLO is not a financial institution that can be dissolved or a political party reshaped under a new name, but is the representative of the values and objectives of the Palestinians in freedom, independence, sovereignty and a state." -- Mowafaq Mattar , Al-Hayat Al-Jadida

"If Fatah had won the 2006 elections, the PLO would have fallen into complete oblivion and the Oslo authorities would have been the sole representative of the Palestinians." -- Yasser Al-Zaatra , Addustour

- "What's the use of inter-Palestinian dialogue when one group believes the other is dead?" -- Mohamed Salah , Al-Hayat