Wall Street Journal: Jordanian King: reforms comes from inside

In an article published by the Wall Street Journal, the Jordanian King Abdullah II said that the social reforms in the Arab states should come from the inside in order to succeed, warning against the negative consequences of the Arab- Israeli conflict.

Abdullah said that "Most Arab leaders admit the inevitability of the reforms," comparing between the art of reforms and the art of punctuation, which both of them require lot of work. He added " this tremendous efforts is one of the reasons for the sake of which effective reform should come from inside our societies." Abdullah considered that " many of the Arabs do not have confidence, being wrong or rights, in the motives of the Arab reforms inspired from the West."

He added that the Arab states incline towards the generous and humanitarian values of Islam and believe that the Islamic nations are able to give birth to peaceful and democratic regimes. He continued that to achieve this objective, the international community has to support peace and justice in the region. He said that this support includes peace and security for the Israelis and the Palestinians and founding a viable Palestinian state.