For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don’t know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.
ABDULLAH III believe strongly in the rights of women… my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter is a woman, my wife is a woman.
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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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Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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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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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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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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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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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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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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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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It’s a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I’m not going to drop the ball on my shift.
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