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Mar 2024
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Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan

CNN
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On Sunday, the United States and Jordan conducted another joint airdrop into northern Gaza. Jordan’s Queen Rania has been outspoken in defense of Gaza civilians and urging the United States and other Israeli allies to use all their leverage to end what she calls Israel’s “deliberate effort” to deprive those in need. Christiane speaks with Queen Rania exclusively from King Abdullah II Air Base in Jordan, just ahead of another airdrop. 

Plus: Steve Coll, Author, “The Achilles Trap”; former NBA All-Star Rex Chapman, author the new memoir, “It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me” 

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