The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) criticized White House aide Jared Kushner’s remarks on the Middle East peace process at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution on Sunday, saying he had erred describing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the key to broader stability in the region.
Jared Kushner is at the center of the most disruptive American presidency in centuries. So it is something of a surprise that his approach to the Middle East peace process, which is just one of his many responsibilities, is so conventional.
Amid reports of an alleged Israeli aircraft attack on an Iranian base outside of Damascus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that an Iranian presence in Syria will not become a reality.
TEL AVIV – There have been numerous reports about the possibility the Obama administration may seek unilateral action at the United Nations Security Council regarding movement on a Palestinian state or resolutions targeting Jewish communities in the West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem.
Speaking to the Saban Forum in Washington, Secretary of State John Kerry demonstrated dangerous ignorance of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a biased perception of the core problems impeding peace between the two sides.
Secretary of State John Kerry warned this weekend that without a two-state solution, a one-state solution would emerge that “is no solution at all for a Jewish, democratic Israel living in peace.” However, the scenario Kerry describes is based on faulty Palestinian demographic statistics.
