I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
ABDULLAH IIToday more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly?
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We have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking,
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what’s going on.
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I think it’s almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don’t learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you’re appointed by the king, they don’t feel that they’re responsible for the people.
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Ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children’s?
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Earth’s dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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