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 IIPeace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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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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Prime 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.
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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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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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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’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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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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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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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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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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I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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Earth’s dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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