Mubarak’s exit has had a predictably seismic effect on Arab Street. Protests are spreading in Algeria; Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia are braced for dissent. Follow it all on al-Jazeera. In the meantime, here’s what the world’s papers make of it.
The New York Times‘ Anthony Shadid considers the way ahead.
Haaretz’s Benny Neuberger considers the balance between democracy and peace and rejects the idea that Arab democracies would be any less hostile to Israel.
The Jerusalem Post’s David Horowitz reports that Natan Sharansky, the hero of Soviet Jewry, believes the Middle East protest movement is a purer form of democratic change than that which emerged from the Soviet Union.
Foreign Policy reports that Amr Moussa, head of the Arab League, has stepped down to prepare to stand as President of Egypt. Moussa is a long-term bugbear of Israel’s and the US.
Al-Jazeera English, the Guardian, CNN and the BBC
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