My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
ABDULLAH IIAll this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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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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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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The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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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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Whenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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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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And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you’re appointed by the king, they don’t feel that they’re responsible for the people.
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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
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The 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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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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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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