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Shake Up Remakes Kushner’s Role

March 29, 2018 · 6:57 am ET · Leave a Comment

Wall Street Journal: “Policy differences could also emerge. In talking with friends, Mr. Kushner has joked about the hawkish Middle East views of Mr. Bolton, who has said he opposes a two-state solution for achieving peace in the region in favor of Egypt and Jordan absorbing the Palestinian territories. The ‘Orthodox Jews’ working toward a Middle East peace deal—himself, White House chief negotiator Jason Greenblatt and U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman—are now looking like ‘the moderates,’ Mr. Kushner told his friends.”

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