That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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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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Blowing up buses will not induce the Israelis to move forward, and neither will the killing of Palestinians or the demolition of their homes and their future.
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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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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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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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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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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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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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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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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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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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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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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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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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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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