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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 00:25:19 JST Aral Balkan

   “I have never seen a Western official say the sentence: Palestinians have the right to defend themselves.”

   – Queen Rania of Jordan

   https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/queen-rania-decries-western-double-standard-and-deafening-silence-war-gaza

   Separate clip from her interview with CNN:

   https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2023/10/24/exp-queen-rania-exclusive-intw-10242301pseg1-cnn-world.cnn

   Via @bebatjof

   #israel #palestine #gaza #rania

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 00:37:11 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     • butterflyoffire ⏚ꝃ⌁⁂

     @ButterflyOfFire So we close the door after Israel… did I get that right? Only Israel has a right to defend itself?

     (So not the US, for example? Or are they also exempt? It feels like they might also be exempt. Is there a list somewhere of who is and who isn’t allowed to defend themselves? Would be useful to have for reference so the foolish among us don’t inadvertently make inferences based on flawed notions like human beings everywhere should have the same rights.)

   • butterflyoffire ⏚ꝃ⌁⁂ (butterflyoffire@mstdn.fr)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 00:37:13 JST butterflyoffire ⏚ꝃ⌁⁂

     in reply to

     @aral Because it is an open door to : "Russia has the right to defend itself" etc etc.