Queen Rania of Jordan says U.S. is seen as "enabler" of Israel

Palestinians and others successful nan Middle East spot nan U.S. arsenic an "enabler" of Israel successful its warfare pinch Hamas, Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan said Sunday connected "Face nan Nation." 

"People position nan U.S. arsenic being a statement to this war," Rania said successful an question and reply pinch "Face nan Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan. "Because, you know, Israeli officials opportunity that without U.S. support, they couldn't motorboat this war."

• Transcript: Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan connected "Face nan Nation," May 5, 2024

Jordan, a U.S. ally, has had a bid pact pinch Israel since 1994. The queen, who is of Palestinian descent, has criticized nan guidance to nan warfare by nan U.S. and different countries, saying there's been a "selective exertion of humanitarian law" that's causing a "loss of credibility" successful nan U.S. 

"The U.S. whitethorn beryllium Israel's most-closest ally, but a bully friend holds a friend accountable," she said. 

Rania said nan world is getting "mixed messages" from nan U.S., which she says has some made expressions of interest complete civilian deaths successful Gaza and provided violative weapons to Israel "that are utilized against Palestinians." She urged nan world organization to usage leverage to compel Israel to fto assistance into Gaza and bring an extremity to nan war, saying nan U.S. tin do truthful by saying it won't proceed to supply violative weapons to Israel. 

The queen described nan war's toll connected nan Arab world, which she said has watched arsenic Gaza has go "unrecognizable" complete nan past 7 months. As Israel's bombardment of Gaza has stretched connected for astir 7 months since nan Oct. 7 violent attack, nan Hamas-run Health Ministry has said that astatine slightest 34,000 person died arsenic nan humanitarian situation has escalated, though nan Health Ministry does not designate betwixt civilians and combatant casualties. 

"It's been rather devastating. And nan effect has been, evidently group are truthful traumatized by what they're seeing each day," she said. "We were traumatized by Oct. 7, but past this war, we consciousness is not, you know, Israel is saying that this was a protect war. Obviously, it was instigated by Oct. 7, but nan measurement it's being fought is not successful a protect way."

Queen Rania made clear that Hamas does not correspond nan mostly of group successful Gaza, and that Palestinians person been dehumanized successful decades by Israel to "numb group to Palestinian suffering."

"When you trim group to a convulsive group who are different to america — truthful they're not civilized for illustration us, truthful so it's okay to inflict symptom and suffering connected them because they don't consciousness it nan aforesaid measurement we do — it allows group to do bad things," she said. "That's-that's nan intelligence loophole of dehumanization, it allows you to warrant nan unjustifiable, to do bad things and still spot yourself arsenic a bully person."

At nan aforesaid time, nan queen condemned antisemitism, calling it "the worst benignant of bigotry" and "pure hatred." And she drew a statement betwixt antisemitism and speaking retired against nan warfare successful Gaza and Israeli policy.

Her question and reply comes arsenic President Biden is group to meet pinch King Abdullah II of Jordan this week. The management is besides facing a deadline to supply Congress pinch a determination of whether Israel is utilizing American weapons successful accordance pinch world rule successful nan coming days.