Kushner’s briefing was part of an effort to build support for the plan in Washington and overseas, reported Ravid. Using a power point presentation, Kushner pointed to two factors making a solution harder to reach: Increased dependence of Palestinian leaders on foreign aid, and increasing expansion by Israeli leaders of communities in Judea and Samaria.
“Kushner’s message was that every time negotiations failed the Palestinians got more money and Israel was able to keep expending the settlements, but the peace process became a false notion and didn’t solve anything. Both parties' leaderships just kept getting what they want without improving the lives of the people," said a senior White House official.
According to Ravid, the presentation was the same one Kushner used two weeks ago at a closed meeting of the UN Security Council. His main argument is that the status quo is broken and something else has to be tried. Kushner argued in his presentation that the lingering Israeli-Palestinian conflict is used as a pretext for more radicalization in the Middle East. -Full Report
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