Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumTrump suggests son-in-law Kushner could help broker peace
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he would love to clinch a deal to end the intractable conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, despite the checkered history of US attempts to broker a Middle East peace agreement.
I would love to be the one who made peace with Israel and the Palestinians, that would be such a great achievement, Trump said in a meeting with staffers from The New York Times. Because nobodys been able to do it, he said.
Trump added that though really great people have told him it is impossible to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians, I disagree, I think you can make peace. I think people are tired now of being shot, killed. At some point, when do they come? I think we can do that. I have reason to believe I can do that.
A New York Times reporter tweeted that Trump also suggested that his son-in-law Jared Kushner could help broker the deal. US-brokered talks between Israel and the Palestinians, led by US Secretary of State John Kerry, ended in failure two and a half years ago.
Asked whether Kushner can be part of the peacemaking effort, Trump said: Well, I think hed be very good at it. I mean he knows it so well. He knows the region, knows the people, knows the players.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-would-love-to-broker-peace-between-palestinians-israel/
Posting this for perspective, this is where Trump is coming from regarding the Arab/Israeli conflict.
madaboutharry
(41,361 posts)Any moment Rod Serling is going to walk through the door and begin to speak:
"America, 2016 to be exact, was a time when people believed the earth was round, the sky blue, up was up and down was down...but then one November day...."
COLGATE4
(14,840 posts)"Un-fucking-believable" He really does have the intellectual ability of a sub-average 8th grader.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,559 posts)COLGATE4
(14,840 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,011 posts)Is it because he is Jewish? Is that supposed to be the deciding skill?
Put another way...how does the SIL know " the region, knows the people, knows the players. ???????????
Turbineguy
(38,396 posts)who steer you into bad investments say.... "past performance is not indicative of future profits."
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Let's see how far those negotiations go