Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
ABDULLAH IIThe monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.
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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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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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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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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work — because if they don’t, they won’t be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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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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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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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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Mr. President, prime ministers, let us have ambitions: ambitions to move beyond the violence and occupation, to the day when two states, Palestine and Israel, can live together side by side in peace and security.
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The brave pilot gave his life defending his faith, country and nation and joined other Jordanian martyrs who gave their lives for Jordan.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
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All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
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There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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