Kushner Leads Mideast Peace Envoy. Will He Be A Dealmaker?

What’s the story?

Presidential advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner will arrive in Israel Wednesday night to lead a delegation hoping to restart peace talks between Israel and Palestine.

Currently, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is embroiled in a corruption scandal. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is dealing with a long-term split that has recently widened between his leadership in the West Bank and Hamas leaders in Gaza. It is unclear if both leaders’ domestic concerns will leave them space to focus on a peace deal.

Kushner is joined on the delegation by deputy national security adviser Dina Powell and Middle East envoy Jason D. Greenblatt.

What do you think?

Is Kushner the right person to lead a renewed Mideast peace effort? Do you support the two-state solution or do you have some other idea of what type of deal should be struck?

• Kushner heads to Israel for latest attempt at peace deal, the LA Times

• Kushner already had his work cut out in the Middle East. But it just got harder., the Washington Post

• McMaster adds muscle to Kushner’s Middle East peace effort, Politico

• Why Kushner’s Middle East visit is set for failure, Al Jazeera

• What are the ‘two-state solution’ and the ‘one-state solution’?, Vox

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— Asha Sanaker

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