“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 that frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.”
— King Abdullah II
Author: King Abdullah II
Category: history
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“If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.”
— King Abdullah II
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“I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.”
— King Abdullah II
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“Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.”
— King Abdullah II
Author: King Abdullah II
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“Blowing up buses will not induce the Israelis to move forward, and neither will the killing of Palestinians or the demolition of their homes and their future. All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.”
— King Abdullah II
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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.”
— King Abdullah II
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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.”
— King Abdullah II
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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.”
— King Abdullah II
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“The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.”
— King Abdullah II
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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.”
— King Abdullah II
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“I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.”
— King Abdullah II
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