There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
ABDULLAH IIHistoric changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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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 like to look at the glass half full.
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At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.
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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 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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Today 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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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 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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When we try to push the envelope, there are certain sectors of society that say this is a Zionist plot to sort of destabilize our country, or this is an American agenda.
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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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