The Financial Times reported on Friday that Jared Kushner Son-in-law of the US President-elect Donald Trump He will not return to the White House within the new administration.
But the American newspaper, citing what it described as “informed persons,” said that Kushner may provide advice on Middle East policy.
Jared Kushner, son-in-law of the US President-elect Donald TrumpHe is a young American businessman who made his fortune in real estate. Trump appointed him during his first term as a senior advisor. The white house.
He was known for his great influence during the Trump era, until John Bolton, the National Security Advisor during the Trump era, said, “Many people influenced Trump from time to time, and from one issue to another, but in general, no one has the amount of influence enjoyed by his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.” “.
During Trump’s presidency, Kushner played a major role in promoting normalization with Israel, in reaching what he called the “Abraham Agreement” and in the peace agreements concluded between Israel and Arab countries.
Deportation of Gazans to the desert
In late March, he said Jared KushnerDuring its work on what it called cleansing the Gaza Strip of Palestinian resistance, Israel must deport civilians to the Negev Desert or Egypt.
Kushner’s statements – which were reported by the British newspaper The Guardian – came during a meeting at Harvard University.
The newspaper commented, saying that Kushner’s statements give a glimpse into Donald Trump’s Middle East policy if he returns to the White House.
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He explained that if he were an official in Israel, his priority would be to remove civilians from the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, and that “with diplomacy” it might be possible to bring them into Egypt, adding, “I would just bulldoze an area in the Negev, and I would try to move the people there.”
Kushner later returned in late September to confirm a comment on the assassination of Secretary-General LHezbollah Hassan Nasrallah (September 27) This is the most important day in the Middle East since the signing of the “Abraham Accords.”
He said that anyone who was calling for a ceasefire in the north was wrong and there was no room for retreat for Israel, as it could not now afford not to complete the mission and completely dismantle the arsenal that was directed at it, and it would never get another opportunity, according to his estimation.
He stressed that “the correct step now for America is to ask Israel to finish the mission, as it has been long overdue, and this is not just Israel’s battle.”
Concern in Israel
It seems that Kushner’s possible absence from Trump’s team is raising concern in Israel. Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper writer Ron Ben Yishai said that Kushner will not join Trump’s team again in his second term, and this should worry Israel, because it represents a loss for it. Kushner’s influence greatly favored Israel in the Middle East during Trump’s first presidential term.
The writer pointed out the difficulty of predicting Trump’s political agenda, given his volatile nature, and that his daughter Ivanka – and more importantly his son-in-law Kushner – played a major role in what Israel considers achievements, such as the “Abraham Accords”, moving the American embassy to Jerusalem, and recognizing the Golan.
Trump begins appointments
On the other hand, US President-elect Donald Trump announced the selection of his campaign manager, Susan Wiles, to be White House chief of staff, which is the first appointment in his next administration.
Trump has not yet revealed other appointments to the ranks of his prospective administration.
On the other hand, Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve (the US central bank), said that he would not resign if President-elect Donald Trump ordered him to do so.
When asked at the press conference following the central bank’s policy meeting whether he would resign if asked to do so, Powell said: “No.”
Relations between Powell and Trump were tense during the Republican president’s first term, and there was widespread speculation that the president returning to the White House might try to fire Powell.
But the head of the Federal Reserve said that the attempt to remove him before the end of his term “is not allowed under the law.”
