Israel needed to begin supporting the Palestinian population and investing in their wellbeing if it hoped to achieve lasting acceptance in the Middle East, Jared Kushner said in a televised interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes. Kushner, who served as an adviser to President Donald Trump and is also his son-in-law, said the message to Jerusalem was clear.
“The biggest message that we’ve tried to convey to the Israeli leadership now is that, now that the war is over, if you want to integrate Israel with the broader Middle East, you have to find a way to help the Palestinian people thrive and do better,” he said, sitting beside U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.
Kushner noted that he and Witkoff had only begun the process of communicating this message to Israeli leaders and regional partners, saying that the two were “just getting started” in their efforts.
Elaborating on his long-term vision for the Palestinian people, Kushner said the administration’s goal was to ensure that both sides could live safely and prosper together. He explained that the U.S. approach focused on security and economic stability for both populations. “We’re focused on creating a situation for joint security and economic opportunity for Israelis and Palestinians so that they can live side by side in a durable way,” he said.
When asked whether this plan pointed toward Palestinian statehood, Kushner avoided setting labels, saying the final status should be determined by the people themselves. “What you end up calling it over time, we’ll allow the Palestinians to determine that themselves,” he said.
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Insane.
The Gazans’ current level is not different than poor classes throughout Muslim countries. They live much better than their brethren in Jordan’s refugee camps.
Prior to the war, Gaza resembled every other Muslim country, with a strata of the fabulously wealthy, middle class, and a very run-down primitive poor class.
Why not ask Egypt, Qatar, Yemen, and all the other Middle Eastern countries to improve their areas that resemble Gaza? Why just ask Israel to fix its neighbor?
Also, Gazan problems are not Israel’s. They created their problems on their own. No one else needs to or can solve them. Also, they deserve no help after all the barbarism they committed – so-called “civilians” included.
How do you improve the lives of people whose sole goal is to kill you!!! So strange, these are clearly intelligent people saying rather stupid things.