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Special Dispatch|3060, 3062| June 28, 2010 Kuwati/Egypt Kuwaiti Columnist Says Pro-Gaza Activists are Nothing but Terrorists; Egyptian-American Writer Blasts Anti-Israel Sentiment in the Arab and Islamic World The following are two dispatches from the MEMRI Special Dispatch Series. In the first, Kuwaiti columnist 'Abdallah Al-Hadlaq calls pro-Gaza activists terrorists disguised as humanitarians; in the second, Egyptian-American writer Magdi Khalil states that "Arab discourse has done nothing but fuel illusions and hatred" and adds that "Israel was born to live." Special Dispatch No. 3060—Kuwait Kuwaiti Columnist: Pro-Gaza Activists Are Nothing but Terrorists In a follow-up to his June 3, 2010 article on the Gaza flotilla Kuwaiti columnist 'Abdallah Al-Hadlaq, who writes in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Watan, published another column on this issue. In it, he contrasted the global interest in what is happening in Gaza with the disregard to other, graver, humanitarian crises across the world. Al-Hadlaq also stated that the activists working to remove the siege on Gaza were not peace activists but terrorists disguised as humanitarians, and that therefore Israel was fully entitled to defend itself from them. To view the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4406.htm. Special Dispatch No. 3062—Egypt Egyptian-American Writer Magdi Khalil Blasts Anti-Israel Sentiment in the Arab and Islamic World Following are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian-American writer Magdi Khalil, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on June 15, 2010: Magdi Khalil: "Whenever there is an incident, Israel does 'damage control.' This is part of the Israeli defense tactics. These are successful people, not like Ahmadinejad, who said that Security Council Resolution 1929 should be thrown into the garbage bin. They deal with things seriously. These people know the meaning of world public opinion. To view the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4408.htm. To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2526.htm.