I like to look at the glass half full.
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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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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There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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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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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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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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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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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what’s going on.
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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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