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.
ABDULLAH IIAll this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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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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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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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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I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.
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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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Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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Mr. President, prime ministers, let us have ambitions: ambitions to move beyond the violence and occupation, to the day when two states, Palestine and Israel, can live together side by side in peace and security.
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All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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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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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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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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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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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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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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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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We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children’s children. There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste.
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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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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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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings,
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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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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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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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