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.
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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Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
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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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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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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 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 look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
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I’m just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it’s very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.
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I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction.
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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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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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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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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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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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