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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
In Germany, Jordan’s queen seems to equate Israeli language on Palestinians to Nazi propaganda
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSpeaking at a youth conference in Germany, Jordan’s Queen Rania has appeared to equate the Israeli attitude toward the Palestinians to Nazi Germany’s dehumanization of Jews.
Rania appeared yesterday before the One Young World Summit in Munich, which brings together young prospective leaders from all over the world. There, she spoke of hateful speech as a precursor to atrocities around the world.
“To dismiss it as ‘just talk’ is to ignore how every genocide has begun: with words,” she said. “Dehumanizing speech has served as the prelude to some of the worst chapters in human history. In the 1930s in this very city, the Nazi party called Jewish people vermin. In Rwanda, public radio broadcasts described the Tutsis as cockroaches. In Myanmar, nationalists compared the Rohingya to stray dogs.
“In the aftermath of the October 7 attacks, when an Israeli official announced a complete siege on Gaza, he described the population as ‘human animals.’ He was operating from a time-tested playbook: Convince the public you are dealing with beasts, and violence becomes not just acceptable, but necessary.”
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— The Jordan Times (@jordantimes) November 4, 2025
Rania was referencing then-defense minister Yoav Gallant, who said two days after the October 7 terror attack, as the dimensions of the atrocities committed by Hamas were becoming clear, that he had ordered “a ‘complete siege’ of the Gaza Strip.”
“We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly,” he said.
In Israel Gallant was widely seen as referring to Hamas and other terror groups, in light of the brutality that had been on display in Israel’s south, and with Israel saying repeatedly that it was fighting terrorists, and not Gaza’s population as a whole. Gallant himself said later that he was speaking of “the perpetrators and orchestrators of these barbaric attacks.”
But his comments were widely scrutinized by Israel critics, who have often alleged he was referring to the entire Palestinian population.
Rania went on to accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza, saying that “in the past few months, both famine and genocide have been confirmed by independent international and UN-mandated bodies. The world saw it coming, but failed to act to prevent it.
“It’s not just Gaza,” she added. “Around the world, we’re seeing hatred seep back into the foundations of our global community. And the danger isn’t only in what hate destroys, but in what it reshapes – our moral compass, our sense of decency.”
The Times of Israel Community.