You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
ABDULLAH IIIf 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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The Middle East has the highest unemployment percentage of any region in the world we have the largest youth cohort of history coming into the market place t
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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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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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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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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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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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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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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 don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.
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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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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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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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