Palestinians have reignited an urge for freedom that is irrepressible, and will spread all over.
![A demonstrator holding a Palestinian flag gestures during a protest, near Hawara checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, May 14, 2021 [File: Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-14T130144Z_903171576_RC2PFN9J6TEJ_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Yehia Hamed is the former Egyptian Minister for Investment and co-founder of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Freedom and Justice Party
Palestinians have reignited an urge for freedom that is irrepressible, and will spread all over.
![A demonstrator holding a Palestinian flag gestures during a protest, near Hawara checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, May 14, 2021 [File: Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-14T130144Z_903171576_RC2PFN9J6TEJ_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The resumption of US military aid to Egypt shows just how far the pendulum has swung away from reform.
![Egyptian military helicopters fly overhead as army soldiers stand guard at an entrance to Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/d2db45d3cc414e1b8395e34d19872146_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)