All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
ABDULLAH IIThrough Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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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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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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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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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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