Is Israel going to continue to be “Fortress Israel”? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.
ABDULLAH IIJerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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I believe strongly in the rights of women… my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter is a woman, my wife is a woman.
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The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it’s two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it’s a good thing.
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We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children’s children. There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste.
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The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings,
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Is Israel going to continue to be ‘Fortress Israel’? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.
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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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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 personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction.
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And no matter what’s happening in the Middle East – the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment – the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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