We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear.

After all, I think Jerusalem is part of the, of the world's heritage.

At seventeen, I knew the end of a dream... I would never be a schoolboy again.

I am pro-peace.

I, not for the first time, would like to say that I never took a pro-Iraq position during the Gulf War.

Jordan has a very important part in any Arab-Israeli peace process.

Sometimes, leaders' failures can cost these young people's lives.

It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a responsibility to the future. I cannot give up. I cannot despair. There's a whole future, generations to come. I have to keep trying.