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Jared Kushner, Peacemaker? Israeli Official Says Bring Him On

By Dave Goldiner December 1, 2016

Could a Jewish New York real estate guy with precisely zero foreign policy experience break the Mideast peace logjam?

If his father in law is called Donald Trump, Israeli officials say: “why not?”

A top Israeli diplomat said Jared Kushner would be a welcome partner if he becomes a peace mediator.

“We welcome him,” Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said. “We would be so happy if someone could bring peace to the Middle East.

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Hotovely was discussing Trump’s suggestion to the New York Times that the 35-year-old Kushner, the hubby of his daughter Ivanka, could achieve a goal that has eluded a string of past American presidents and diplomats.

“I think he’d be very good at it,” Trump said. “I mean he knows it so well. He knows the region, knows the people, knows the players.”

Dave Goldiner is the Forward’s director of digital media. Dave is a veteran journalist who has spent two decades working at newspapers in the United States and Africa. A native New Yorker, Goldiner wrote for the New York Daily News, where he covered some of the biggest stories of our time, including the attacks of September 11, along with thousands of stories of hope and heartbreak. He also studied and worked in Southern Africa and has written for publications in South Africa and Zimbabwe. He holds masters degrees in journalism and public administration from Columbia University. Dave can be reached at [email protected], or follow him on Twitter @davegoldiner