Just as Her Majesty has pointed out in more than one international address regarding the absence of guarantees of justice and the deprivation of Palestinian children from them, she also painted the grim picture of a child being snatched from his home at gunpoint and taken to a place neither he nor even his father can trace.
As a measure of neutrality, Her Majesty pointed to the findings of an independent UN commission of inquiry, which concluded with the confirmation that Palestinian children are subjected to torture while in Israeli detention—much like what happened to the Palestinian child Waleed Ahmed, who died about six months after detention; "an autopsy of his body showed he had been subjected to starvation," and his body was blatantly withheld even after death.
From the living reality of suffering, Her Majesty conveyed a message from a young Palestinian man stating that when he was arrested, he was fifteen years old, and his plea was as follows: "We need help from everyone who can help us; the world must know what we are exposed to and the suffering we are going through."
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah’s speech before everyone came at the exact right time, specifically addressed to the organizers of the dialogue from the Save the Children organization, co-sponsored by Jordan, Ireland, Palestine, Spain, and South Africa, alongside figures and representatives from governments, the United Nations, and humanitarian and human rights organizations.
The reality of suffering consists of three main items: first, arrest and detention, where thousands of Palestinian children face horrific detention conditions in Israeli prisons, are taken from their homes at night, and are subjected to interrogation, military trials, and a lack of guarantees of justice.
Second is loss and orphanhood, as tens of thousands of children in the Gaza Strip have lost one or both parents, and thousands of children are now living alone as the sole surviving members of their families due to the war.
Third, and most dangerous, is the deprivation of education and security, as children in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip continue to suffer from insecurity, disrupted education, and being forced to face daily risks while going to school.
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah clearly stated:
"You know now, so what are you going to do about it?".
