We have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking,
ABDULLAH IIThe 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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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.
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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 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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Our 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.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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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 brave pilot gave his life defending his faith, country and nation and joined other Jordanian martyrs who gave their lives for Jordan.
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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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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.
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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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