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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.

Abdullah II

We have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking,
ABDULLAH II

Asking Immense Israel Last Man Peace Pressure Standing
When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
ABDULLAH II

Better Democracy Eager Hope Need Opportunity People Want
The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
ABDULLAH II

Future Hand New Own World Writing
The global system they hope to create is one of new walls and new isolation, and radically smaller horizons. It is an anti-democratic, anti-economic-growth, and anti-progress agenda.
ABDULLAH II

Create Democratic Global Hope Horizon Isolation New Radically Smaller System Wall
We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children’s children. There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste.
ABDULLAH II

Action Children Dictate Future Mindedness Narrow Right Waste
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 II

Accepted Believe Continue Fortress Neighbourhood Only Way
Whenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
ABDULLAH II

Advantage Always Crisis Situation
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.
ABDULLAH II

Around Ballot Box Elected Government Hard Need Work
Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
ABDULLAH II

Destruction Diversity Extremist Growth Power Seek Wall
The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. … There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king.
ABDULLAH II

Hard Kings Monarchy Official Responsibility Son Tendency Work
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.
ABDULLAH II

Confrontation Everybody Military Piece Running Shake Sort Status
I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
ABDULLAH II

Agree Debate People Thinking Tolerance Zero
We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
ABDULLAH II

Always Choice Humanity People Right
All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
ABDULLAH II

Achieve Jordan Need Pledge Stop
Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
ABDULLAH II

Allow Answer never No
Political development should start at the grassroots.
ABDULLAH II

Development Grassroot Political Start

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