Kushner calls Trump peace plan ‘opportunity of the century’

In his speech at the “Peace to Prosperity” workshop in Bahrain, US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner tells Palestinians the United States has “not given up on you,” and refers to the administration’s peace deal not as the “deal of the century,” as previously dubbed, but the “opportunity of the century.”

“Agreeing on an economic pathway forward is a necessary precondition to resolving the previously unsolvable political issues,” Kushner says.

While the two-day meeting will not address political solutions in the Middle East, Kushner acknowledges the need to take them up later.

“To be clear, economic growth and prosperity for the Palestinian people are not possible without an enduring and fair political solution to the conflict — one that guarantees Israel’s security and respects the dignity of the Palestinian people.”

— with AFP