Megyn Kelly has harshly criticized Queen Rania of Jordan after she spoke out against the deaths of Palestinians in her heated interview, accusing the queen of denying the deaths of Israeli babies.
The queen, who is of Palestinian descent, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday that she was angered by the “blatant double standards” in reporting on Israeli and Palestinian deaths.
She accused the world media of immediately accepting Israel’s official line but being skeptical of a Palestinian perspective.
“The CNN website reported a headline early in the conflict about Israeli children found slaughtered in an Israeli kibbutz, and reading through the story found that it had not been independently verified,” Rania said.
It was unclear what Rania meant, and there is no doubt that Hamas terrorists murdered babies and riddled their bodies with bullets.
Kelly reacted with disgust. ‘Incredible. “She’s actually trying to spread the lie – the queen – that children weren’t killed,” she said.
Megyn Kelly (left) criticized Queen Rania of Jordan for her CNN interview on Wednesday
Kelly continued: “Really? To recap: According to the Queen of Jordan, Israel is the villain.
“Apparently she missed the Hamas interrogations and the confessions of their brutality. “Perhaps she also missed the clip of a terrorist happily calling mom and dad to brag about all the innocent Jewish blood on his hands.”
Hamas spokesmen have insisted that the group avoids civilian casualties – a blatant lie betrayed by the body camera footage of the terrorists themselves, which show them gleefully shooting men, women and children.
The October 7 attack killed 1,400 Israelis. According to Hamas, which controls the enclave, 6,000 Gazans were killed in subsequent Israeli attacks on Gaza.
Kelly said Rania’s famous beauty and elegance blinded the West to her attitude, describing her as “absolutely gorgeous on the outside” – but not on the inside.
Kelly said Rania’s criticism of the West was inexcusable and accused her of showing no compassion for Israeli victims.
“She opened up in this interview and revealed what she really thinks about Israel, Gaza and those of us outside the Middle East,” Kelly said.
“She threw her friends in the West in there, just to be on the safe side.”
“Even the most ardent supporters of the Palestinians have learned that they have to write three lines about how terrible they feel about what happened to the Israelis.” That would be a good start. The innocent lives that were lost in Israel, and then maybe you turn to the innocent lives that were lost in Gaza. That’s not exactly what happened.’
Rania, who was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents and grew up in the West Bank, raged against the “apartheid regime” of Israel, claiming the conflict began “before” Hamas killed 1,400 Israelis on October 7.
She said she “of course” condemned Hamas’ murder of innocent Israelis, but questioned why Israel’s self-defense was not being subjected to the same scrutiny around the world and reserved all her sympathy for the Palestinians.
Explaining why Jordan would not accept Palestinian war refugees, she said: “They have the right to remain on their land.”
Queen Rania then returned to her argument that Israel’s ongoing attacks against Hamas are unjustified.
“Are we told that it’s wrong to kill a family, an entire family, at gunpoint – but it’s OK to shoot them to death?” I mean, there’s a blatant double standard here.
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Queen Rania condemned the “blatant double standards” in the global response to the deaths of Israelis and Palestinians
The 53-year-old spoke to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and was asked how she reacted to October 7 “as an Arab, as a Palestinian, as a mother, as a human being.”
“And it’s just shocking to the Arab world,” she told veteran reporter Christiane Amanpour, before asking whether babies had been “slaughtered” by Hamas.
“I’m not arguing with precision, Christiane, I’m arguing with equivalence and double standards here,” she complained.
Amanpour responded that it had been confirmed by both CNN reporters and other foreign media that Hamas was slaughtering babies, but stopped short of calling for the queen to condemn the terror group’s practices.
Amanpour directly called for compassion for Israelis and condemnation of Hamas, asking whether Queen Rania “accepts” that she has brought suffering to Palestinians.
Queen Rania made a brief concession, but then went back to criticizing Israel and its allies.
“These are the rules of war and they must apply to everyone.” Yes, there was shock and there was condemnation [towards Hamas]. But why isn’t what’s happening now equally condemned?’
“Even if Israel defeats every last Hamas member, what then? Have they not left a trail of terrible memories that will give rise to a new generation of resistance, more bitter and violent?’
Amanpour first asked the 53-year-old how she had felt since the October 7 Hamas attack “as an Arab, as a Palestinian, as a mother, as a human being.”
Rania replied: “I cannot describe to you the depth of sadness, pain and shock that we feel here in Jordan.”
She said her country, home to the world’s largest Palestinian population, was “united in grief, regardless of our origins.”
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour argued with Rania’s denial that Hamas slaughters babies. She said there was evidence that they shot and burned the bodies of babies and urged them to express sympathy for the Israelis, saying: “How did you feel on October 7?”
Injured Palestinians were seen in Israel following airstrikes on the Nasser Medical Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip
The royal couple is pictured visiting the White House in June 2018
“I just want to remind the world that Palestinian mothers love their children just as much as any other mother in the world,” she added.
“Six thousand civilians killed so far, 2,400 children – what about self-defense?” We are experiencing mass slaughter with precision weapons.
“I just want to emphasize that this conflict did not start on October 7, despite how it was portrayed,” Rania continued.
“You know, most networks cover the story under the title “Israel at War.”
“But for many Palestinians on the other side of the separation barrier and on the other side of the barbed wire, the war has never stopped.”
“This is a 75-year-old story – a story of overwhelming death and displacement for the Palestinian people.”
“It is the story of an occupation under an apartheid regime that occupies land, destroys houses, confiscates land, military incursions and night raids.
“You know, the context of a nuclear-armed regional superpower occupying, oppressing and committing daily documented crimes against Palestinians is missing from the narrative.”
Rescuers pull a child from the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip
Rescuers pulled a child from the rubble of a building after Israeli attacks in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday
Amanpour told her that her words would likely be met with great anger by Israel.
“Let me just emphasize that this apartheid is a label given not by Arabs but by Israeli and international human rights organizations,” she replied.
The mother of four said Palestinians “suffer humiliation and human rights violations on a daily basis” – she said there was no freedom of movement and condemned the 500 checkpoints across the West Bank; the “aggressive expansion of settlements on Palestinian land”; and the “humiliation” of her people.
She said Israel had violated UN resolutions and ignored international law.
“Because of everything that has happened in the last few weeks, there is now an excessive fixation on Hamas,” she said.
“But this is a problem that far predates Hamas and will continue after Hamas.”
“This is a fight for freedom and justice and that needs to be heard.”