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.
ABDULLAH IIOver 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.
ABDULLAH IIWe have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking,
ABDULLAH IIIf you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
ABDULLAH IIEarth’s dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
ABDULLAH IIThere are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
ABDULLAH IIAnd 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.
ABDULLAH IITogether, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
ABDULLAH III like to look at the glass half full.
ABDULLAH III 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.
ABDULLAH IIPolitical development should start at the grassroots.
ABDULLAH IIPeace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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.
ABDULLAH IIIf 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.
ABDULLAH IIThat frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
ABDULLAH IIThere are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
ABDULLAH IIAt 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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