"Israeli reaction to Egypt's decision to end its gas contract with Israel is provocative. We should set aside all our differences and be on alert to face any nonsense on its part." -- Osama Dawoud, Al-Youm Al-Sabei "Why have those who attacked the mufti forgotten that Israel has an embassy in Cairo and in Amman and trade offices in the Gulf states?" -- Abdel-Moeti Ahmed, Al-Ahram "The military council will claim that it cannot hand over power until the three main components of authority -- parliament, president and constitution -- are complete." -- Hassan Nafaa, Al-Masry Al-Youm "After weeks of pussyfooting over the merits of Anan's mission and denigrating the efforts of the veteran international diplomat, the French presidential hopefuls are now adopting the stance of the hysterical escalation of tension adopted by terrorist organisations fomenting trouble in Syria." -- Ali Kassem, Al-Thawra "Iran is offending Arabs with its condescending tone towards the Emirates... which will adopt a new political strategy to contain the Iranian threat and to reassert UAE control over the disputed islands." -- Mohamed Nassar, Asharq Al-Awsat "It seems that the revolutionary youth have not learnt the lessons of developments since 25 January. Do they not see that they have been sidelined from the political arena?" -- Ahmed Othman, Al-Hayat
