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Thursday, November 05, 2009
EDITORIALS
Another step for boosting our relations with Nile Basin countries
The visit of Rwandan President Paul Kagame for Cairo and his talks with the senior Egyptian officials for four days comes as a step for more boost of Egyptian-Rwandan relations. Egypt is keen on this step and translates this keenness to practical steps through the visits of the Egyptian officials to these countries. These visits aim at coordination with these countries and discussing joint cooperation domains that Egypt can implement due to its experiences in different domains. These domains are such as food industries, modern irrigation and infrastructure projects.
The political relations between Egypt and the ten Nile Basin countries are good and need nothing except more economic cooperation, commercial exchange and opening the way before investments. The economic ties are stronger and more preserver for good relations between any two countries as the matter here is related to the nations' interests and everyday life, and can not be easily ended. On the contrary, the political relations are changeable if they are the only ties between the two parties as the countries' interests will be preferred at the end.
The businessmen should help the Egyptian government for boosting the political and economic relations between Egypt and the Nile Basin countries within the framework of protecting national security. This matter can be implemented by directing part of the businessmen's investment to the Nile Basin countries, including Rwanda. Rwanda is still in need for giant investments in all domains and the Egyptian companies can reap from them great profits. This matter needs for a calculated risk and not to be hesitated.
Thus, we can open new markets for export and employment. Meanwhile, we can implement our national goal which is to protect our national security.
Al Ahram
Settlement obstacle before stability
Everyone agrees that settlement is a hard obstacle before implementing peace in the Middle East. Meanwhile, we confirm that it is a very hard obstacle before implementing security and stability in the Middle East as a whole. This is because the peace process was based on a main principle which is "Land for Peace". Moreover, settlement wastes land and make it impossible to implement peace.
Thus, we imagine that it is necessary for the administration of US President Barack Obama to resume pressures on Israel for freezing settlement conclusively and not pending it temporarily. If the Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu has a problem concerning what they call the natural growth of settlement, it is Israel's problem and it has to solve it. The successive Israeli governments since the establishment of Israel on Palestine's lands were responsible for the problem of settlement. Besides, Israel was, and still is, encouraging the Jewish extremist settlers to stay in settlements which it establishes on the Arab occupied territories.
Consequently, Netanyahu's government should solve this pure Israeli problem and not to throw the responsibility on the Palestinian and Arab party. We think that the greatest burden is also on the main sponsor of peace process in the Middle East which is the USA. To sum up, Israel should stop settlement completely and show its practical commitment to the principle of "Land for Peace" on which the peaceful operation was based if it is sincere in its effort for implementing peace.
Al Akhbar
How can USA be honest mediator?
In its attempts to reach a peaceful settlement for the Arab-Israeli conflict, the US administration under Barack Obama turned to practicing pressures on some Arab countries and the Palestinian authority for snatching more concessions.
The USA should try to practice its responsibilities as the sponsor of the peace process and to force the Israeli side to do what is required from them, on top them stopping settlement. Instead of that, the USA gave up quickly from penetrating the refusal wall which Israel establishes against stopping settlement and put instead what they called restricting settlement. It is strange that this Israeli play on words was applauded by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and considered it unprecedented penetration!!
It seems that the new US administration did not learn yet in the pre-phases of negotiations that to make peace process reach its goal, the USA should practice its responsibility as an honest mediator. When the USA plays this role, it should not press on one party for the benefit of the other.
Al Gomhouria
HEADLINES
President Mubarak receives Rwandan President today
President Mubarak opens on 8/11/2009 forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)
Cabinet reviews President Mubarak's charging for government
Clinton: Egypt key partner regionally, globally
Mohieddin: Egypt, China agree on putting program for boosting bilateral economic, investment relations
Carter rest-house project inaugurated
General Secretary of Indian National Congress hails Egypt's role in implementing peace in Middle East
Washington announces support for forming national Palestinian government if it recognizes Israel
Israel threatens to wage new war on Gaza
AL Secretary General discusses with Saudi Shura Council's Speaker Arab conditions
Arab, int'l human rights' organizations urges UN to activate Goldstone's report
Al Ahram
Mubarak discusses with U.S. Secretary of State peace issue, international conditions
Cabinet: Encouraging investment, strong push for private sector in infrastructure projects
Egyptian effective participation in Euro-Mediterranean summit in Barcelona
People's Assembly's Speaker: Communication networks chance for unifying Parliamentarian, implementing peace
Canadian officials: Egypt qualified to be economic center between Canada, Europe, Africa
AL Assistant Secretary General: Mixed criminal courts before Security Council
UN Secretary General: Climate changes increases refugees' problem in developing countries
UN urges Israel to stop its provocations in occupied Quds
Al Akhbar
President Mubarak hold talks with US Secretary of State, US convoy to Middle East in Cairo
Egypt calls for resolution for obligating Israel to investigate in violations of Goldstone's report
Shehab: Human rights' report in Egypt to reach UN within few days
FM's Spokesman denies change of Egyptian stance of peace negotiations
AL Secretary General: Arab Peace Initiative Committee will meet in Cairo on 12/11/2009
Obama calls Iran to forget past, Montazeri thinks occupying US Embassy was wrong
Al Gomhouria
ARTICLES
Facts
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of occupying the US Embassy in Tehran. Since this event happened, this anniversary became an important occasion for showing the strength and durability of the interior condition as well as the join of people with the system. Usually, this anniversary was an occasion for cursing the USA and Israel. Yet, the 30th anniversary yesterday was different. Iran this time is sharply divided on the background of the last presidential elections in which the current President Ahmadinejad has won a second presidential tenure. The opposition thinks that these elections witnessed forgery.
The Iranian street is also severely divided between different and mixed forces in Iran. Some people still refuse Ahmadinejad as a president and others think that he usurped this position through forgery. Although the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei supports him, yet this did not deter his opponents. This support made him a target for unprecedented and unexpected criticism in a country which submits to the rule of clergies.
After three decades of the Iranian revolution, the Iranian people are not unified anymore from the view of the USA is considered as the greatest devil. The near enemy, or the smaller devil which is Israel, is no longer seen as a devil by the eyes of a sector of the people and part of the Iranian elite.
After three decades of the Islamic revolution in Iran, we can say that Washington became existent in the Iranian street through the battles between the different trends and the exchanged accusations between them. Instead of going down to the street to greet the revolution and its regime, cursing Washington and Tel Aviv, the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warns the opposition from going to street for welcoming America in Iran. But it seems that his statements have gone in vain.
Ibrahim Nafea'
Al Ahram
NEWS IN BRIEF
The International Conference on Protective Diplomacy and Peace Making will kick off on Thursday 5/11/2009 in Alexandria.
The conference is organized by the Swedish Institute in cooperation with Bibliotheca Alexandria, Peace Studies Institute, and Gutenberg University.
The conference aims at discussing the concepts of protective diplomacy, peace making and crisis management.
Al Ahram
Secretary General of the National Council for Women (NCW), Dr. Farkhonda Hassan, will take part in the Forum of African and Spanish Women Parliamentarians due to kick-off in Madrid Thursday 5/11/2009.
The two-day forum aims at empowering women in both African and Spain and high gender incrimination.
Al Gomhouria
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