Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, said Thursday that Gaza has “amazing potential” in a presentation outlining the administration’s ambitions for achieving permanent peace and rebuilding the region.
Axar.az informs, citing CNN, “New Gaza, it could be a hope, it could be a destination,” said Kushner, who has taken a lead role in the effort to negotiate an end to the war between Israel and Hamas. “We’ve made several impossible things happen just in Gaza today, and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be able to make even more impossible things happen.”
Kushner acknowledged at the outset that “peace is a different deal than a business deal.” But in a series of slides projected on screen in Davos, he laid out a “master plan” for redeveloping Gaza, saying the administration does “not have a plan B” beyond its multi-step effort to end the war and transform the region.
He stressed that much of that plan relies on Hamas demilitarizing, vowing that the US is “going to enforce” that part of the ceasefire agreement.
“If Hamas does not demilitarize, that will be what holds back Gaza and the people of Gaza from achieving their aspiration,” Kushner said.
The president’s son-in-law also urged attendees to put aside their skepticism and any rivalries with fellow nations on the “Board of Peace,” asking them to “just calm down for 30 days.”
“Let’s do our best to try working together,” he said. “Our goal here is peace between Israel and the Palestinian people.”