Marwan Muasher
Marwan Muasher
Marwan al-Muasheris a Jordanian diplomat and politician who was Jordan's foreign minister from 2002 to 2004 and its deputy prime minister during 2004 and 2005. He currently serves as vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research on the Middle East. He was Jordan’s first ambassador to Israel and former ambassador to the United States...
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We will not jeopardize our relations with the United States. On the other hand, it's going to be an extremely difficult position to defend in front of our public opinion.
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We are very concerned, ... We feel that the Arab world is being radicalized by the recent Israeli actions.
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The steps Jordan has taken are necessary for the development of a truly independent media in the country, but they are far from sufficient. . . . We need to evolve towards a culture where diversity is seen as a source of strength rather than a weakness, and where criticism of the state is tolerated by the state and society in general.
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Isolating Arafat in this way is only making him more popular,
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I think, if the Iraqis are given a free choice, he would not emerge as the leader of Iraq, ... If he is pushed as the leader of Iraq, he will be seen as a U.S. agent.
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We suspect some terrorist groups in Iraq. The investigations will soon show who is behind this act.
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This technique was used in all three of the attacks.
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We don't need more meetings, more photo-ops, ... What we need today is a serious process that will affect the lives of the people, that will give them hope that we are finally on the road towards ending this long-standing conflict.
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Obviously this is something Jordan is not used to,
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This will only strengthen our resolve to find a solution to all the problems of the region.... (We) express our sympathies to the victims of the terrorists inside Saudi Arabia and our condemnation of this act.
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Unless the settlement activity stops, there is little hope of persuading the Palestinians that the Israelis mean business when they talk of peace.
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We still don't know why this was done. Obviously anyone who blows himself up in a wedding hall is not someone who wants the good of his country or the good of any human being.
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This madness has reached us, and we have to deal with it,
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This is the whole Arab world coming on board,