There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
ABDULLAH III look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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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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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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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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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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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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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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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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I believe strongly in the rights of women… my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter is a woman, my wife is a woman.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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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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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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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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