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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Fri Feb 8, 2019, 03:52 PM Feb 2019

Jared Kushner to unveil Trump's Middle East (economic) peace plan

For foreign policy watchers, President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Speech was missing some crucial talking points, among them: His long-promised Middle East peace plan.

There was some expectation that he might unveil it during the U.N. General Assembly in September. That didn’t happen. Nor did the plan materialize in the four month timeline he promised that same month. But according to a piece published by Politico on Friday, the wait is somewhat over: Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and the man tasked with drafting a plan, will soon unveil the plan’s “the economic portion.”

A brief reminder of the actual conflicts in the region include Syria’s civil war, Yemen’s civil war (with the intervention of a U.S.-backed Saudi Arabian coalition), tensions between Israel and Palestine, and the ongoing conflict in Iraq.

Kushner, we’re told, will head at the end of February to the Gulf Arab states of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.


[link:https://thinkprogress.org/jared-kushner-to-unveil-trumps-middle-east-economic-peace-plan-11256f9e151f/|

Well, I don't know about you but I feel reassured that such a foreign policy expert is leading on this.... nothing to worry about here...well apart from maybe....
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Jared Kushner to unveil Trump's Middle East (economic) peace plan (Original Post) Soph0571 Feb 2019 OP
They had to wait for Salman and Putin to tell them what it was Clash City Rocker Feb 2019 #1
Preview of Jared's cunning economic plan gratuitous Feb 2019 #2
Of course, since the NON-economic part of Jared's plan... regnaD kciN Feb 2019 #3
God, how ridiculous thegoose Feb 2019 #4
His plan will be basically whatever Bibi, Assad, and Mohammed bin Salman want. Scurrilous Feb 2019 #5

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
3. Of course, since the NON-economic part of Jared's plan...
Fri Feb 8, 2019, 04:00 PM
Feb 2019

...involves Palestinian acceptance of a perpetual occupation, I really don’t think the economic portion has much of a point.

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