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ELITE

The Israeli trap

Classroom
Classroom

Holi da y Rul es
Holi da y Rul es
Normalization with Isreal :

Students' discussion

A d h a m N a s r E l d i n , R a n a D o s s , R e e m O mr a n , Z e i n a Ma r e i , C a r o l i n S h e r i f

“ The enemy of my enemy is my friend ” is an old
saying, that oozes self-beneficiary vibes; and even
though it may breach a lot of moral barriers, yet,
it ’s still acceptable and commonly seen. However,
there ’ s not a single logical explanation that would
ever justify taking an enemy as a friend.
Today, defying all logics, a long-life enemy is now
regarded as a friend between several countries in
the MENA region. We ’ re living in an era where
The students were first asked if they knew what
normalizing relations is, and if there ’s a difference
political, economic and personal interests are more
between it and a peace agreement, they then were
valuable than retaining our identity, because
asked whether or not they would accept normalized
despite the countless old and current conflicts
relations with Israel, and why. Following up, they
between Arabs and Israelis, one Arab country after
shared their opinion over the recently normalized
the other has chosen to normalize the relationships
relations between a couple of Arab states and Israel,
between them and Israel; with American
alongside their opinion regarding reactions shown by
interference in place, these normalized relations
the citizens of these states following the matter.
were a bullet to the Palestinian crisis ’s chest.
They also shared their thoughts regarding whether or
Following up these news, Elite ’s team was eager to
not Egypt may be in any way affected by these
hear what Cairo University ’ s students have to say
normalized relations, and if these normalized relations
over this matter. Accordingly, in line with the
should remain on a political level, or is it a call of
Covid-19 ’ s precautionary measures, online
constructing cultural relations as well? Finally, they
interviews were conducted between students from decided whether normalizing relations with Israel also
means abandoning the ongoing Palestinian crisis
different faculties, with an equal ratio of males to
cause or not.
females.
There was a state of agreement between all the
students over defining what is normalizing relations
between countries; it is having political, economic,
diplomatic, and cultural ties between two countries.

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