Whenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
ABDULLAH III 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 Middle East has the highest unemployment percentage of any region in the world we have the largest youth cohort of history coming into the market place t
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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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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 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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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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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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The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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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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When there’s a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.
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I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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