I think it’s almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.
ABDULLAH IIThe security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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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.
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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings,
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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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We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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Together, 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.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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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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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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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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I 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.
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don’t learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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Whenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
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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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