Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
ABDULLAH IIWhat keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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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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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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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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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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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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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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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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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
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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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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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I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what’s going on.
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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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