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Arab World Cannot Wait on Reform


(Access/Middle East) Jordanian Planning Minister Bassem Awadallah said in an interview: "Many countries in the Arab world have used the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Palestinian issue as an excuse not to advance reforms in their own countries....But we're also saying that the two are not mutually exclusive. That you cannot wait until the Arab-Israeli conflict is solved before you start implementing the necessary reforms." Awadallah was speaking in advance of the groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for the Bridging the Rift Center, a Jordanian-Israeli scientific facility.
2004-03-09 00:00:00
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