What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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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.
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And 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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There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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Ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children’s?
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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 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.
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When 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.
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Through 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.
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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 Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it’s two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it’s a good thing.
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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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I 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.
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The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.
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We have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking,
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Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope.
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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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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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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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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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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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