Columnists dissect severing ties with Qatar

The nation’s columnists are down with cutting off diplomatic ties with Qatar. Al Masry Al Youm’s Abdel Latif El Mennawy says it was the only logical reaction to Qatar’s antagonistic policies, which he says have wreaked havoc in the region. Abdel Nasser Salama takes to the pages of the same newspaper to agree that Qatar dug its own grave, and even succeeded in antagonizing the US during the Arab-American summit in Riyadh last month. Al Shorouk’s Emad El Din Hussein noted efforts from Kuwait to ease tensions. And nobody should expect a shift in Qatar’s policies or behaviour because its ruler has a longstanding affinity for terrorist groups, Youssef Ayoub writes for Youm7.