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...writer was Mohammed Hassanain Heykal, editor of the most influential Arab newspaper, Al Ahram, and as a confidant of Egyptian generals and presidents for 20 years, probably the most powerful civilian in Cairo...
...from Arab capitals. Even leaders of the major Palestinian commando organizations chimed in; one branded the killings a "dirty action." Many leaders were distressed that the attack damaged the image of the Arabs at a time when their cause was gaining international sympathy. As Cairo's influential Al-Ahram noted, it was difficult "to imagine any benefit from an operation that makes the people of Europe feel that they, not the Israeli aggressor, have to bear the consequences of injustices suffered by the Palestinians...
Nightly Blackout. In contrast to gloom in Israel jubilation swept Arab cities. Everywhere Arab newspapers carried pictures of Israeli prisoners and the wreckage of vaunted Phantom jets. Al-Ahram Editor Hassanein Heikal quoted Soviet Ambassador to Cairo Vladimir Vinogradov as saying: "I have experienced sweet and bitter days, but this is the prime of my career in Egypt...
...merger idea will be put to the final test Sept. 1, when both countries will vote on it. At the moment, chances for the full merger that Gaddafi desires do not look promising. Wrote Mohammed Hassanein Heikal, editor of Cairo's influential Al Ahram and one of the few prominent proponents of merger: "I told a very sad Gaddafi not to despair, but to cling to his paradise...
...Muammar Gaddafi, the only hope lies in Arab unity, and he has gained an influential ally in Mohammed Hassanein Heikal, Nasser's old friend and policymaker and the editor of the Cairo newspaper Al Ahram. Heikal, who is somewhat estranged from Sadat but sees Gaddafi as a new force in Arab politics, takes considerable hope in the forthcoming Egyptian-Libyan federation. He believes that the new alliance will be strong enough to exert pressure, via the conservative Arab states and the U.S., to make Israel withdraw from the occupied territories...