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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJared Kushner's Palestinian peace plan reads like a real estate developer's brochure
On June 22, Kushnerwho previously worked in his familys New York real estate development companyunveiled his proposal. Entitled Peace to Prosperity, it reads somewhat like a glossy brochure for a proposed building developmentperhaps unsurprising given the backgrounds of Kushner and Trump.
As developers are wont to do, Kushner paints a rosy future. Generations of Palestinians have lived under adversity and loss, but the next chapter can be defined by freedom and dignity, the proposal states.
The plan is premised on three tenets: Unleashing economic potential, empowering the Palestinian people, and enhancing Palestinian governance. Its replete with buzzwords, charts, and tables. It promises investments in private enterprise, education, health care, and government in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. It features images of happy Palestinians, with minimal mention of Israel and no discussion of the state of Palestine.
Shockingly, it contains no political solution to the problem Kushner was tasked with solving. It doesnt address the famously difficult questions that have doomed other peace proposals, like the status of the city of Jerusalem or Palestinians right of return. Theres no talk of what might be done with Israeli settlements in occupied territories, nor any discussion of borders at all. What it offers is a carrot and a warning:
If implemented, Peace to Prosperity will empower the Palestinian people to build the society that they have aspired to establish for generations. With the support of the international community, this vision is within reach. Ultimately, however, the power to unlock it lies in the hands of the Palestinian people. Only through peace can the Palestinians achieve prosperity.
As developers are wont to do, Kushner paints a rosy future. Generations of Palestinians have lived under adversity and loss, but the next chapter can be defined by freedom and dignity, the proposal states.
The plan is premised on three tenets: Unleashing economic potential, empowering the Palestinian people, and enhancing Palestinian governance. Its replete with buzzwords, charts, and tables. It promises investments in private enterprise, education, health care, and government in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. It features images of happy Palestinians, with minimal mention of Israel and no discussion of the state of Palestine.
Shockingly, it contains no political solution to the problem Kushner was tasked with solving. It doesnt address the famously difficult questions that have doomed other peace proposals, like the status of the city of Jerusalem or Palestinians right of return. Theres no talk of what might be done with Israeli settlements in occupied territories, nor any discussion of borders at all. What it offers is a carrot and a warning:
If implemented, Peace to Prosperity will empower the Palestinian people to build the society that they have aspired to establish for generations. With the support of the international community, this vision is within reach. Ultimately, however, the power to unlock it lies in the hands of the Palestinian people. Only through peace can the Palestinians achieve prosperity.
More at https://qz.com/1650724/kushners-palestinian-peace-plan-resembles-real-estate-brochure/amp/
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Jared Kushner's Palestinian peace plan reads like a real estate developer's brochure (Original Post)
UpInArms
Jun 2019
OP
Damn, Jared is a freaking genius ... I'm sure NOBODY has ever thought up that whole ...
mr_lebowski
Jun 2019
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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)1. Damn, Jared is a freaking genius ... I'm sure NOBODY has ever thought up that whole ...
'Let's Throw Western Money At The Problem' angle ...
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)2. I wouldn't worry about this.........,
I've read enough info. on this crime family to hear exactly all the BS in Ken's utterances.
Also am sure enough palms have been greased in hopes of carrying the scheme off.
But.... Everything Trump touches, dies
It'll be fun watching this plan shred itself.
Retrograde
(10,175 posts)3. Will there be Excellence and Best Processes?
Sounds like some of the more boring marketing or HR presentations I've had to sit through.
superpatriotman
(6,254 posts)4. Where will the country club be built?
On which side of the security fence?