I Think The Success Of Democracy Is

Political Development Should Start At The Grassroots.

When We Try To Push The Envelope, There Are Certain Sectors Of Society That Say This Is A Zionist Plot To Sort Of Destabilize Our Country, Or This Is An American Agenda.

Jordan Has To Show The Arab World That There's Another Way Of Doing Things. We're A Monarchy, Yes, But If We Can Show Democracy That Leads To A Two-, Three-, Four-party System - Left, Right And Center - In A Couple Of Years' Time, Then The Muslim Brotherhood Will No Longer Be Something To Contend With.

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.

Many Occasions I've Sat Down With Israelis To Say, Where Do You See Your Country In 10 Years Time, And Work Me Back, So We Can Figure Out The Synergies And The Connections Between Israel And The Rest Of The Arab World. No Israeli Has Ever Been Able To Answer That Question.