Trump To Send Officials Including Kushner Back To The Middle East
- 7 years ago
President Trump is reportedly planning to send officials--including son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner--to the Middle East in an effort to advance peace talks.
President Trump is reportedly planning to send officials--including son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner--to the Middle East in an effort to advance peace talks between Israel and Palestine.
According to Bloomberg, “Kushner will be joined by Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt and Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategy Dina Powell on the trip, which will include meetings with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian Authority.”
The exact timing of their visit has not yet been announced, but the administration is said to be trying to take advantage of a lull in hostilities that arose last month over a religious shrine.
As one official told Politico, the president “believes that the restoration of calm and the stabilized situation in Jerusalem...has created an opportunity to continue discussions and the pursuit of peace that began early in his administration.”
Trump reportedly wants the group to not only address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but also work on solutions regarding extremism, humanitarian issues, and economic prosperity in the region, according to CBS News.
For Kushner, the trip will be a follow up to one he made in June which is said to have resulted in frustrations between U.S. and Palestinian officials but ultimately led to an announcement of further discussions in the future.
Several weeks ago, Trump’s son-in-law provided insight into his approach to the complex situation, telling interns in audio that leaked to the media, “...we’re trying to follow very logically. We're thinking about what the right end state is, and we’re trying to work with the parties very quietly to see if there's a solution. And there may be no solution, but it’s one of the problem sets that the president asked us to focus on."
Meanwhile, the president’s perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict appears to have shifted somewhat; in early May, he downplayed the difficulty in securing a solution, saying, it “frankly maybe not as difficult as people have thought over the years.”
However, last month, he said, “the only thing more difficult than peace between Israel and the Palestinians is health care.”
President Trump is reportedly planning to send officials--including son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner--to the Middle East in an effort to advance peace talks between Israel and Palestine.
According to Bloomberg, “Kushner will be joined by Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt and Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategy Dina Powell on the trip, which will include meetings with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian Authority.”
The exact timing of their visit has not yet been announced, but the administration is said to be trying to take advantage of a lull in hostilities that arose last month over a religious shrine.
As one official told Politico, the president “believes that the restoration of calm and the stabilized situation in Jerusalem...has created an opportunity to continue discussions and the pursuit of peace that began early in his administration.”
Trump reportedly wants the group to not only address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but also work on solutions regarding extremism, humanitarian issues, and economic prosperity in the region, according to CBS News.
For Kushner, the trip will be a follow up to one he made in June which is said to have resulted in frustrations between U.S. and Palestinian officials but ultimately led to an announcement of further discussions in the future.
Several weeks ago, Trump’s son-in-law provided insight into his approach to the complex situation, telling interns in audio that leaked to the media, “...we’re trying to follow very logically. We're thinking about what the right end state is, and we’re trying to work with the parties very quietly to see if there's a solution. And there may be no solution, but it’s one of the problem sets that the president asked us to focus on."
Meanwhile, the president’s perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict appears to have shifted somewhat; in early May, he downplayed the difficulty in securing a solution, saying, it “frankly maybe not as difficult as people have thought over the years.”
However, last month, he said, “the only thing more difficult than peace between Israel and the Palestinians is health care.”