It is interesting to note that the Arab press is beginning to take notice of and to applaud Israel's achievements.

For instance, the former governor of Egypt's Al-Sharqiya province Reda Abd Al-Salam wrote that Israeli superiority was due to the country's continuous investment in education, health and science and technology, as well as Israel's building a democracy.

The Arab and Muslim peoples live under regimes that for decades have engaged not in developing their peoples and establishing themselves in economy, society, science, and democracy but in establishing their [own] rule... During this time, those we called 'the sons of apes and pigs' engaged in real building. They focused on education, health, economy, and technology, and of course on democratic process," a MEMRI translation of the article read.

Abd Al-Salam further emphasized that Israel's progress was not at all the result of aid, but of hard work. "Don't say that [this is because] the US supports Israel, because over the past decades Egypt has received tremendous support, in billions of dollars, from its Arab brothers and also from the international institutions for developing education, roads, and the like. Where has [this money] gone and whose pockets [does it line]?

More examples from the Arab press HERE