Queen of Hypocrisy

Rania, queen of Jordan recently publised a children's book, along with an American writer - Kelly DiPucchio, and an American illustrator - Tricia Tusa.

The book is called "The Sandwich Swap" and it speaks about two girls who come from different cultures: Salma has pita and humus, representing the Arabic "world", and Lily has a sandwich with peanut butter and jelly, obviously representing America. At first, the two girls don't get together, but later - as the story "evolves" - they become friends and they share their lunch with each other.

As a kids, educational, story - this is all very nice. The problem is when this comes to "real life", and that is where the queen failed: when offered to translate her book to Hebrew - Her Highness refused.

As far as the Jordanian queen - who is originally a Palestinian - is concerned - it's okay to share, trade, become friends - all of this is very nice, but doesn't apply to Israelies, and the only way the queen could make this any clearer was to say that Lily and Salma become friends only to join forces against Sara and her Matzo bread...