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The Arab World is writing a new future the pen is in our own hands.

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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 that frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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There is resistance to change. There's a resistance to ideas.
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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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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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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
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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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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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Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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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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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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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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I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of.
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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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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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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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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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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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