Reporter: Do you mean to say that if Israel did not exist, there would suddenly be democracy in Egypt, that the schools in Morocco would be better, that the public clinics in Jordan would function better?

Sheikh: I think so.

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Source: World Politics Watch, 7 December 2006.
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Reporter: Do you mean to say that if Israel did not exist, there would suddenly be democracy in Egypt, that the schools in Morocco would be better, that the public clinics in Jordan would function better?

Sheikh: I think so.

— Ahmed Sheikh

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Reporter: Do you mean to say that if Israel did not exist, there would suddenly be democracy in Egypt, that the schools in Morocco would be better, that the public clinics in Jordan would function better?

Sheikh: I think so.

" in the context of "Source: World Politics Watch, 7 December 2006." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Ahmed Sheikh

Ahmed Sheikh is the Editor-in-Chief of Al Jazeera.