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Our response has been, “Well, let’s then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.” That hasn’t happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.

Abdullah II

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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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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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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All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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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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And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you’re appointed by the king, they don’t feel that they’re responsible for the people.
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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. … There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king.
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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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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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I’m easily entertained.
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Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what’s going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.
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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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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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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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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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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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Historic 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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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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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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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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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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There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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Our response has been, “Well, let’s then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.” That hasn’t happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.

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Our response has been, “Well, let’s then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.” That hasn’t happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.

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