I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
ABDULLAH III look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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It’s a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I’m not going to drop the ball on my shift.
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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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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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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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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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In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes – a virtuous cycle of change.
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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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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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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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It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
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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’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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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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