Peace With Israel Is A Strategic Imperative

Ten Years Ago I Said, You Know, My Goal Is To Be Able To Get Food On The Table. What I'm Trying To Say By That Is Trying To Create A Vibrant, Capable And Effective Middle Class. The Quicker And Stronger That We Can Be Able To Do This, The Easier It Is For Political Reform To Move Forward.

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.

What Keeps Me Up At Night Is Poverty And Unemployment.

Fifty-seven Countries In The World, A Third Of The United Nations, Do Not Recognize Israel. In A Way, I Think North Korea Has Better International Relations Than Israel.

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.