Abdullah II of Jordan Quotes

Years ago, I predicted that Iran would take over Iraq. Iran and Iraq used to fight back and forth.

Should we consider recognizing Israel?

I think it's reality that Iran is going to have influence in Iraq. All elements of Iraq accepted that.

The foremost threat to Iraq's long-term stability and the broader regional equilibrium is not the Islamic State, it is Shiite militias, many backed by - and some guided by - Iran.

Iran is taking over Iraq.

My friends, there is no Palestinian-Israeli conflict. There is only the global war on terrorism.

It is time to change our policy of appeasement toward the Palestinians, to strengthen our ties with the nation of Israel.

There is no solution to the conflict in this region except with the disappearance of Israel.

There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through jihad. All initiatives, proposals, and international conferences are a waste of time and vain endeavors.

We need to help the Palestinians to stop seeing it greener on the other side of the fence, literally.

Zionism

Doesn't it seem awfully strange that the Iraqi government we support is an ally of the Iranians who are our declared enemies? Are we not now supporting the Iranians by propping up their allies in Iraq?

The UN doesn’t take any moral stands unless its against Israel.

Lebanon cannot resolve a question like Hezbollah which is in Syria, Iraq, everywhere because of Iran. It is a regional political solution that needs to be done.

There has come into being a kind of a Shia belt from Tehran through Baghdad to Beirut. And this gives Iran the opportunity to reconstruct the ancient Persian Empire - this time under the Shia label.

At the end of the day, Americans know that the ones they really can trust, in all the Middle East, it's only Israel.

Although it is true that Hizballah is organized, inspired, financed, and armed by Iran, its main bases in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are under Syrian military control.

The concern is that Iraq could actually ultimately defeat ISIS, but Iran will have taken over the country, because it will be their military, their boots on the ground controlling the ground.

The issue with Syria, I think for many of us, has always been about Iran. This is an anchor point for them in terms of regional domination. It means a lot to them. They are all in here.

There's nothing good about Russia's activity in Syria.

Hamas is really a problem for the Palestinians and for Egypt more than Israel.

Iran must stop meddling in the affairs of Arab countries, and we refuse to be taken by Iran to an axis against Arab countries.

No one was talking about a two-state solution until the '90s, then it became an acceptable solution.

Netanyahu supports - and he truly does support - building a Palestinian state within Israel.

Turkey knows the importance of its ties with Israel; it knows it's in the same moderate camp with Israel, the moderate Palestinians and other Muslim countries, and the threat to Turkey is not from us.