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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.

Abdullah II

I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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Country Energy None Nuclear Peaceful
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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Lessons War Winning
You’re always going to have terrorism.
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Alaways Going Terrorism
That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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Frustration Hungry Job Political Sphere Translate
It’s a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I’m not going to drop the ball on my shift.
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Ball Burden Descendant Leadership Muhammad Prophet Responsibility Year
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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Believe Continue Hope Israel Moving Neighborhood
I think it’s almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.
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Expert Impossible Predict Rapid Thinking
Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.
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Breakthrough Challenge Change Historic Human Knowledge Number Opportunity Reality
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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Frustration History Jobs Largest People Unemployment Youth
I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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Agree Debate People Thinking Tolerance Zero
I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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Benefited Both Culture East Societies West
The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. … There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king.
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Hard Kings Monarchy Official Responsibility Son Tendency Work
It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
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Burden Courage Done Need See Wisdom
The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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Future Hand New Own World Writing
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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Children Freedom Gift Priceless Provide Return Security
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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Asking Immense Israel Last Man Peace Pressure Standing

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