"Ariel Sharon, the Great Dictator." This was the central theme of yet another article in the Egyptian press portraying Israel's Prime Minister as a cruel and power-hungry individual. Writing in Al Ahram Al Messa'i this week, Morsi Attallah states: "Laboring under the illusion of power, it is obvious that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is blind to everything except the numerous weapons accumulating in Israel's military arsenal. This, in turn, has led him to live in a bubble convinced that the settlement he seeks to dictate to the Palestinians at gunpoint is indeed within reach." Downplaying the impact of Arab terrorism against Israeli civilians, Attallah adds: "When the future not only of a people but of an entire region depends on the mindset of a man who openly believes that force has the power to dictate, it is difficult to expect anything good under his rule. However, as things stand, I believe, that despite the hysteria now prevailing in the wake of the Natanya suicidal operation, Israel will come to its senses. It will soon realize that it can no longer wager on the adventurism of a man laboring the illusions of power, a man whom time seems to have passed by."