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خطاب جلالة الملك عبدالله الثاني أمام __#البرلمان_الأوروبي__ في مدينة ستراسبورغ الفرنسية ___#الأردن__ _His Majesty King Abdullah II’s address at the European Parliament’s headquarters in Strasbourg, France___#Jordan_
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00:00بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
00:02in the name of God
00:04the compassionate
00:06the merciful
00:07Madam President
00:08Honorable Members
00:10Your Excellencies
00:12thank you all
00:14and it is an honor
00:16as always
00:17to be here to address
00:20the European Parliament
00:22my friends
00:25five years ago
00:27I stood at this podium
00:29and spoke
00:31of the urgent need
00:33to find political solutions
00:35to conflicts
00:36to restore confidence
00:37in global justice
00:39and help people
00:41especially young people
00:43find hope
00:45and opportunity
00:46since then
00:49multiple political
00:52technological
00:52and economic upheavals
00:54have tested
00:56our international community
00:58the global
01:00combat
01:00new security threats
01:03unprecedented
01:05technological
01:06acceleration
01:07rampant
01:08hypercharged
01:09misinformation
01:11and a raging war
01:13in Ukraine
01:14and a cruel one
01:17on Gaza
01:18and now the attacks
01:21on Iran
01:21which threaten
01:23a dangerous escalation
01:24of tensions
01:25in my region
01:27and beyond
01:28we are living
01:31through wave
01:32after wave
01:33of disruption
01:34without pause
01:36it is no wonder
01:39our world
01:41feels untethered
01:42like it has lost
01:44its moral gravity
01:45rules are unraveling
01:48truth shifts
01:49by the hour
01:50hatred and division
01:51thrive
01:53and moderation
01:55and universal values
01:57are losing ground
01:59to ideological extremes
02:02in the chaos
02:04we risk forgetting
02:07who we are
02:08and what we stand for
02:11but it is precisely
02:13at these junctures
02:14of history
02:15that we must
02:17recommit
02:18to our values
02:20because when the world
02:23loses
02:23its moral bearings
02:25we lose
02:27our shared sense
02:28of right
02:30and wrong
02:31of what is just
02:32and what is cruel
02:34and when that happens
02:37conflict
02:39is never
02:40far behind
02:41history teaches us
02:45that wars
02:46are rarely
02:46just about territory
02:48they are battles
02:51over world views
02:52over which ideas
02:54and ideals
02:55will shape our future
02:57and Europe
03:00understands that
03:01after world war 2
03:04it made a choice
03:05to rebuild
03:07not just its cities
03:08but its founding pillars
03:11the people of Europe
03:14were determined
03:15to leave the past
03:16in the past
03:17and build a new era
03:19of peace
03:20they chose human dignity
03:24over domination
03:25values
03:27over vengeance
03:28law
03:29over might
03:30cooperation
03:32over conflict
03:34in the wake of war
03:37Europe realized
03:40that real security
03:41does not lie
03:42in the strength
03:43of armies
03:44but in the strength
03:47of shared values
03:49and that peace
03:51imposed by force
03:52or fear
03:53would never last
03:55equally you chose
03:58to recognize
03:59that what you had
04:01in common
04:02was far greater
04:04than what set you
04:07apart
04:07today
04:10so must our global community
04:12we know that disputes
04:14and differences
04:15are a human reality
04:17that the challenges
04:19we face
04:20will only get
04:22more complex
04:22and that disruptions
04:25are the hallmark
04:26of our age
04:28but it's how
04:30we handle them
04:31and the values
04:33we anchor ourselves
04:34to
04:34that count
04:36throughout Arab
04:39and European history
04:40respect
04:42responsibility
04:43goodwill
04:45and good faith
04:47have guided
04:47collaborations
04:48that led
04:50to our mutual
04:51good
04:52and they can
04:54guide
04:54our response
04:55to today's
04:57challenges
04:57as well
04:58speaking from this
05:01podium
05:02and many others
05:03in the last
05:04two decades
05:05have sought
05:07to shed light
05:08on the values
05:09we share
05:10many rooted
05:12in our different
05:14faiths
05:15Islam
05:16Christianity
05:17Judaism
05:18the values
05:20of compassion
05:21justice
05:22and equality
05:23the moral teachings
05:24passed to us
05:26over generations
05:27that call
05:29on us
05:29to love
05:30our neighbors
05:31to protect
05:32children
05:33and the innocent
05:34to aid the poor
05:36and injured
05:37to care
05:39for God's
05:40earth
05:40and more
05:41in Jordan
05:45our firm
05:46belief
05:47in these
05:48common values
05:48grounded
05:50in our
05:51history
05:51and heritage
05:53drives
05:54our national
05:55principles
05:55of tolerance
05:57and mutual
05:58respect
05:59and we are
06:01proud to be
06:02home
06:02to the baptism
06:03site
06:04of Jesus
06:05Christ
06:06peace
06:07be upon him
06:08at Bethany
06:09beyond the Jordan
06:10our Muslim
06:13country
06:13is home
06:15to a historic
06:16Christian community
06:18and all
06:19our citizens
06:20share in building
06:22our nation
06:23the same call
06:26to goodwill
06:26lies behind
06:29the Hashemite
06:29custodianship
06:30of Muslim
06:31and Christian
06:32holy sites
06:33in Jerusalem
06:34whose historical
06:46and multi-religious
06:47identity
06:48we have vowed
06:50to protect
06:51from attack
06:52indeed
06:53our commitment
06:54echoes
06:56a promise
06:57to the people
06:58of Jerusalem
06:58made many
07:00centuries ago
07:00the Pact of
07:02Omar
07:03ordered Muslims
07:05to respect
07:06and protect
07:06the city's
07:07churches
07:07and not harm
07:09a priest
07:09nor kill
07:10a child
07:11woman
07:12or elder
07:13and a thousand
07:16years later
07:16the Geneva
07:18Conventions
07:18made these
07:19tenants
07:19universal
07:20recent events
07:23have called
07:25them into
07:25question
07:26but we
07:28must ensure
07:29that these
07:30values and
07:31principles
07:31stand the
07:33test of
07:33time
07:34and turmoil
07:35thank you
07:37my friends
07:46when I was
07:47lost in this
07:48hole
07:48I shared
07:50my conviction
07:51that there
07:52is always
07:53a better
07:54version of
07:54us
07:55around every
07:56corner
07:5780 years
07:59ago
07:59you turned
08:01that corner
08:01you chose
08:03a better
08:03Europe
08:04and for the
08:05longest time
08:06the choices
08:07you made
08:08helped shape
08:10a more stable
08:11principled
08:13world
08:13today
08:16that world
08:17is in
08:17moral
08:17decline
08:18a shameful
08:20version
08:20of our
08:21humanity
08:22is unfolding
08:22before our
08:23eyes
08:24in real
08:25time
08:26and our
08:27global values
08:28are unraveling
08:30at a shocking
08:31pace
08:32with devastating
08:33consequences
08:34nowhere is
08:37that clearer
08:37than in
08:39Gaza
08:39a place
08:51where the
08:51world
08:52has stood
08:52at countless
08:53corners
08:54each an
08:55opportunity
08:55to become
08:56something
08:56better
08:57and time
08:59after time
09:00it failed
09:00to do so
09:01think back
09:03to 2023
09:04the first
09:05Israeli
09:05attacks
09:06and raids
09:06on a
09:07hospital
09:07in Gaza
09:08this sparked
09:10global shock
09:11and outrage
09:11since then
09:13the world
09:15health
09:15organization
09:16has documented
09:17nearly 700
09:18attacks
09:19on Gaza's
09:20health care
09:21facilities
09:22how is it
09:24that what
09:26was considered
09:26an atrocity
09:27just 20
09:28months ago
09:29is now
09:31so commonplace
09:32it barely
09:33registers
09:34what version
09:36of our
09:37humanity
09:37allows
09:39the unthinkable
09:40to become
09:41routine
09:42permits
09:43weaponizing
09:44famine
09:44against
09:45children
09:46normalizes
09:47the targeting
09:48of health
09:48workers
09:49journalists
09:49and civilians
09:50seeking
09:51refuge
09:52in camps
09:5320
09:55months
09:56that should
09:57alarm us
09:58all
09:58but not
10:00surprise us
10:01because when
10:03our global
10:03community
10:04fails to
10:04bridge the
10:05gap
10:05between
10:06principle
10:06and action
10:07when values
10:09are not
10:09practiced
10:10they become
10:12performative
10:13abstract
10:14and expendable
10:16we are
10:27at another
10:28defining
10:29crossroad
10:29in our
10:30history
10:30one that
10:32demands a
10:33choice
10:33power or
10:35principle
10:36the rule of
10:37law or the
10:38rule of
10:38force
10:39decline
10:41or renewal
10:42because that
10:44is what's at
10:45stake
10:45for everyone
10:47this is not
10:49just about
10:49Gaza
10:50and it is not
10:52just another
10:53political moment
10:54it is a
10:56struggle over
10:57who we are
10:58as a global
10:59community
11:00and who we
11:02will become
11:02this year
11:05is likely
11:06to be a
11:07time of
11:08pivotal
11:08decisions
11:09for our
11:10entire
11:10world
11:10Europe's
11:13leadership
11:13will be
11:15vital in
11:16choosing the
11:17right course
11:17and you
11:19can count
11:19on Jordan
11:21as your
11:22staunch
11:22partner
11:23there are
11:32two essential
11:33areas for
11:33action
11:34first
11:35is supporting
11:36development
11:36because a
11:38thriving
11:38Middle East
11:39creates
11:40opportunities
11:40that benefits
11:42us all
11:42but as we
11:44have seen
11:45time and
11:46again
11:46that reality
11:48cuts both
11:48ways
11:48when hope
11:50is diminished
11:50the consequences
11:52ripple across
11:54borders
11:54second
11:56is strong
11:58coordinated
11:59action
11:59to ensure
12:01global
12:02security
12:02our mutual
12:04security
12:05won't be
12:05assured
12:05until our
12:07global
12:08community
12:08acts not
12:09only to
12:10end the
12:10three year
12:11war in
12:11Ukraine
12:12but also
12:13the world's
12:14longest
12:14and most
12:15destructive
12:16flashpoint
12:16the eight
12:17decade long
12:18Palestinian
12:19Israeli
12:20conflict
12:21because my
12:28friends
12:29Palestinians
12:31like all
12:31people
12:32deserve the
12:33right to
12:34freedom
12:34sovereignty
12:36and yes
12:38statehood
12:39what is
12:49happening in
12:49Gaza today
12:50defies
12:52international
12:53law
12:53moral
12:54standards
12:54and our
12:56common
12:56values
12:56and we
12:58are witnessing
12:59transgression
13:00after transgression
13:01in the
13:02West Bank
13:03with the
13:03situation
13:04worsening
13:05by the
13:05day
13:06if our
13:08global
13:08community
13:09fails to
13:09act
13:10decisively
13:11we become
13:13complicit
13:14in rewriting
13:15what it
13:16means to
13:16be human
13:17because if
13:19Israeli
13:19bulldozers
13:20continue
13:20to illegally
13:22demolish
13:22Palestinian
13:23homes
13:23olive
13:24grows
13:25and
13:25infrastructure
13:26so too
13:28will they
13:29flatten the
13:29guardrails
13:30that define
13:31moral conduct
13:33and now
13:34with Israel's
13:35expansion
13:36of its
13:37offensive
13:37to include
13:38Iran
13:38there is
13:40no telling
13:41where the
13:42boundaries
13:43of this
13:43battleground
13:44will end
13:45and that
13:48my friends
13:48is a threat
13:50to people
13:51everywhere
13:52ultimately
14:01this conflict
14:03must end
14:03and the
14:05only viable
14:06solution
14:06is one
14:07grounded in
14:08a just
14:09peace
14:09international
14:10law
14:11and mutual
14:13recognition
14:13and my
14:16friends
14:16the path
14:17to our
14:18better
14:18selves
14:19cannot be
14:20paved by
14:21technological
14:22advancements
14:22scientific
14:23breakthroughs
14:24or political
14:25triumphs
14:26alone
14:26it is
14:28forged
14:28by the
14:29choices
14:29we make
14:30each day
14:31as individuals
14:33and as
14:34leaders
14:35the path
14:37to peace
14:38has been
14:40walked
14:40before
14:40it can
14:43be again
14:43if we
14:45have the
14:46courage
14:46to choose
14:47it
14:47and the
14:49will
14:49to walk
14:51it
14:51together
14:51thank
14:52you
14:53thank you
14:54شكرا
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