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 IIBlowing 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 look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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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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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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The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
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It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
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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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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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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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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction.
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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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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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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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