That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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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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I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.
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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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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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In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes – a virtuous cycle of change.
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Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what’s going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.
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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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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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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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All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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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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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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