Earth’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 IIWhen 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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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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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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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 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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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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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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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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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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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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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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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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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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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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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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