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.
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.
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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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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All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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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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The global system they hope to create is one of new walls and new isolation, and radically smaller horizons. It is an anti-democratic, anti-economic-growth, and anti-progress agenda.
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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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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children’s children. There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste.
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Ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children’s?
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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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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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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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Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
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