You’re always going to have terrorism.
ABDULLAH IIYou’re always going to have terrorism.
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don’t learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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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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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings,
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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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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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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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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 look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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We have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking,
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When there’s a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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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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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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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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