Jared Kushner will travel to 5 countries in 5 days to push his Middle East plan on “high-level leaders”—including MBS
Kushner will make stops in Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Morocco, according to an administration official. They will meet with leaders of each country, includingWashington PostThe White House is hoping to promote a $50 billion investment fund for Gaza and the West Bank, which Kushner proposed at a summit in Bahrain earlier this summer.
But, as has happened in the past, Kushner’s meeting with MBS has the potential to take attention away from the trip’s ostensible purpose. Kushner, who grew close to bin Salman, known as MBS, soon after his father-in-law took office, has faced criticism for continuing to engage with the crown prince even after U.S. intelligence concluded that he had, in fact, been responsible for Khashoggi’s death.
Palestinians and foreign policy experts swiftly derided the administration’s economic proposal when it was unveiled in June, stating that an investment fund focusing on pure financial incentives was rendered meaningless without revealing its political plan. The administration official said that the political plan is ready, but it was delayed when Israeli prime ministerfailed to reach a coalition government.
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