I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
ABDULLAH IIAnd 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 so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don’t learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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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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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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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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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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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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Earth’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.
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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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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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For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don’t know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.
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