KUSHNER ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE: "WHAT DO WE OFFER THAT'S UNIQUE? I DON'T KNOW."

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

 

 

ON MONDAY, WHITE House senior advisor Jared Kushner spoke to a group of congressional interns as part of an ongoing, off-the-record summer lecture series. During the question-and-answer portion of the event, Kushner may have inadvertently offered some insight into the negotiating tactics he is using in the Middle East.

Prior to Kushner's talk, Katie Patru, the deputy staff director for Member Services, Outreach & Communications, told the assembled interns, "To record today’s session would be such a breach of trust, from my opinion. This town is full of leakers and everyone knows who they are, and no one trusts them. In this business your reputation is everything, I’ve been on the hill for 15 years. I’ve sat in countless meetings with members of congress where important decisions were being made. During all those years in all those meetings, I never once leaked to a reporter. …. If someone in your office has asked you to break our protocol and give you a recording so they can leak it, as a manager, that bothers me at my core."

WIRED has obtained a recording of Kushner's talk, which lasted for just under an hour in total.

The speech—which was peppered with self-deprecating jokes as reported by Foreign Policy—offered a rare insight into the man who President Trump has tasked with criminal justice reform, managing the opioid crisis, updating the government's technological systems, and creating peace in the Middle East, among other tasks. It's the latter, though, that's both the most deeply personal for Kushner (a staunch supporter of Israel) and that prompted him to embark on his longest, most rambling answer during yesterday's question-and-answer session.

While the recording doesn't catch the entirety of the question, it appears to center on how Kushner plans to negotiate peace between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as why he believes he'll be successful where every other administration has failed. He doesn't directly answer either question, but he does reveal that, from his extensive research, he's learned that "not a whole lot has been accomplished over the last 40 or 50 years." He also notes that he's spoken to "a lot of people," which has taught him that "this is a very emotionally charged situation."

https://www.wired.com/story/jared-kushner-middle-east/

 

 

 

[bcking 3,157]

I wish him luck, truly. That is not a job I would have signed up for.

 

We don't know behind closed doors whether it has been Jared pushing for all of these responsibilities, his wife pushing for him to get them, or Donald himself. If it's Jared pushing then I won't feel bad when he fails, but if it's Donald or Jared's wife then I feel for the poor guy. He is way over his head.

[Transborderwife 4,666]

As a Christian I believe that there will never be peace in the Middle East.  Those who promise it are fools.

[OriZ 3,157]

4 hours ago, Transborderwife said:

As a Christian I believe that there will never be peace in the Middle East.  Those who promise it are fools.

I say never say never but doubtful in our lifetime. 

 

4 hours ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

 

 

While the recording doesn't catch the entirety of the question, it appears to center on how Kushner plans to negotiate peace between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as why he believes he'll be successful where every other administration has failed. He doesn't directly answer either question, but he does reveal that, from his extensive research, he's learned that "not a whole lot has been accomplished over the last 40 or 50 years." He also notes that he's spoken to "a lot of people," which has taught him that "this is a very emotionally charged situation."

https://www.wired.com/story/jared-kushner-middle-east/

 

 

 

uhhh...

 

[Transborderwife 4,666]

39 minutes ago, OriZ said:

I say never say never but doubtful in our lifetime. 

 

uhhh...

 

I don't believe that it's biblical for complete peace there personally 

[OriZ 3,157]

39 minutes ago, Transborderwife said:

I don't believe that it's biblical for complete peace there personally 

I'm not huge on the bible soooo...

 

 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

3 hours ago, OriZ said:

I say never say never but doubtful in our lifetime. 

 

uhhh...

 

They should bring in James Earl Carter, he brought peace to the middle East.

 

Anyone negoiting with a terrorist boils my blood. Arafat was a terrorist. 

[OriZ 3,157]

2 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

They should bring in James Earl Carter, he brought peace to the middle East.

 

Anyone negoiting with a terrorist boils my blood. Arafat was a terrorist. 

I agree in the end Arafat didn't turn out to be the "changed man" he pretended to be for a while, but if you don't try you never know. In any case I was just trying to show that although clearly the Oslo accords were far from perfect progress has indeed been made. First Sadat, then King Hussein and then Arafat...lots more progress to make but for someone to say they did "extensive research" and their conclusion is no progress has been made over 40-50 years umm just false.