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.
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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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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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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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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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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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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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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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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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.
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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 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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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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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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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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