I like to look at the glass half full.
ABDULLAH III like to look at the glass half full.
ABDULLAH IIThe 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 IIChemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
ABDULLAH IIThere are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
ABDULLAH III don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
ABDULLAH IIEarth’s dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
ABDULLAH IIAll this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
ABDULLAH III have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction.
ABDULLAH IIWhen we try to push the envelope, there are certain sectors of society that say this is a Zionist plot to sort of destabilize our country, or this is an American agenda.
ABDULLAH IIAt the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.
ABDULLAH IIJerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
ABDULLAH IIIf you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
ABDULLAH IIOur response has been, “Well, let’s then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.” That hasn’t happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.
ABDULLAH IIFifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
ABDULLAH IIPrime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.
ABDULLAH IIWhenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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