Abdallah II of Jordan
Abdallah II of Jordan
Abdullah II bin Al-Husseinhas been the King of Jordan since he ascended the throne on 7 February 1999 upon the death of his father King Hussein. Abdullah is a member of the Hashemite family, which has ruled Jordan since 1921, and claims to be descended from the Islamic prophet Muhammad...
NationalityJordanian
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth30 January 1962
CountryJordan
children offering views
Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's?
terrorism
You're always going to have terrorism.
extremist
You're always going to have extremists in every religion.
ideas resistance resistance-to-change
There is resistance to change. There's a resistance to ideas.
different syria
There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
spring thinking years
The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing.
israel jordan imperatives
Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
views people use
My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
west east culture
I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
zero thinking people
I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
country giving incentives
The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
remember-you remembers-you remember
Remember you don't do anything in isolation.
center colleague decide east jordan left middle months several
And as an American colleague said to me several months ago, he said, 'I think the challenge in Jordan - and, again, this is for the rest of the Middle East - we need to define what center is. And once we can define what center is to a Jordanian, then we can decide what's left and what's right of that.
bigger economic knew middle plans quicker turn
The more I support with my economic plans the building of a middle class, the quicker they're going to turn around and say, 'Hey, we want a bigger say in things.' So, I knew what I was getting into right at the beginning. It's the right thing to do.