War & Peace Quote by King Abdullah II

King Abdullah II is doing three jobs at once here: naming the villains, flattering the interlocutors, and narrowing the range of “acceptable” choices in a conflict where ambiguity is often a survival tactic. By addressing “Prime Minister Sharon” and “Prime Minister Abbas” directly, he stages the moment as a bilateral test of leadership, not a perpetual referendum on history. The repeated “I urge you” isn’t ornamental; it’s a diplomatic pressure valve. Abdullah can’t command Israel or the Palestinian Authority, but he can publicly assign them responsibility in a way that raises the political cost of inaction.

The line “end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation” is carefully constructed moral triage. “Destruction” and “annihilation” point to militant rejectionism; “occupation” nods to the Palestinian grievance. That triad is not neutral. It recasts the conflict’s drivers as the work of spoilers with “designs” - planners, manipulators - rather than peoples with competing claims. Subtext: if you fail to move, you’re either captive to extremists or complicit with them.

Then comes the pivot: “will and courage.” It’s praise disguised as a dare, implying peace is not a technical problem but a character problem. The closing bundle - “peace, prosperity and coexistence” - is classic statecraft optimism, but it’s also Jordan’s self-interest speaking. A stable Israel-Palestine arena reduces pressure on Jordan domestically and regionally, and shores up the monarchy’s role as a credible broker. “Our dreams” universalizes the stake, but it also quietly annexes the moral high ground: peace is the shared aspiration; obstruction is the deviant choice.