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When There's A Status Quo, Usually What Shakes Everybody Up Is Some Sort Of Military Confrontation, At Which Point We All Come Running And Screaming To Pick Up The Pieces.

There Are Going To Be A Lot Of Questions, Not Just In My Country, But Across The Middle East. Is Israel Going To Continue To Be "fortress Israel"? Or, As We All Hope, Become Accepted Into The Neighborhood, Which I Believe Is The Only Way We Can Move Forward In Harmony. And 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.

I've Benefited From The Best Of Both Societies And Both Cultures, East And West.

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.

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.