Kushner’s Peace Plan Is Dead on Arrival

Politico: “Scant information is known about the contours of the long-percolating U.S. initiative. White House officials have kept mostly silent about the ‘deal of the century,’ as Trump once called it, perfunctorily dismissingmedia reports on its (alleged) components. Kushner’s original intention to confine his current discussions to only its economic aspects was bound to find little enthusiasm among his Arab interlocutors. That may explain why he raised the ante in an interview with Sky News Arabia on Monday, announcing that the program’s political dimension would focus on ‘resolving the border issue.'”

“In fact, there is slight chance of gaining any significant traction toward Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation at the present time. Israel is deep in the throes of an election campaign, where disinterested voters have relegated the Palestinian issue conspicuously to the back seat.”