There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
ABDULLAH IIPrime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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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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Whenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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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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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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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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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
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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 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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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what’s going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.
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