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Fast Forward Jared Kushner urges Biden administration to keep the Abraham Accords alive
Eight months after leaving the White House as the architect of Donald Trump’s vision for peace in the Middle East, Jared Kushner reappeared in public on Tuesday to celebrate the first anniversary of the four normalization agreements between Israel and Arab countries in the Gulf region. “Thanks to the agreements, we are watching the Middle…
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Culture What Kushner pal Ken Kurson’s songwriting suggests about his latest charges
Author’s Note: After being pardoned by Trump for alleged cyberstalking, Jared Kushner’s longtime chum Ken Kurson is now facing similar charges. In light of this news, we are revisiting this article from October of last year, which plumbs Kurson’s musical oeuvre, a canon of paranoia and jealousy that gels quite well with the allegations. Ken…
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Fast Forward Jared and Ivanka behind Trump’s controversial Bible photo-op, new book claims
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump advised former President Donald Trump to hold up a Bible in a photo-op outside a church that was damaged by a fire during the nationwide racial justice protests last year, against the advice of his close aides and allies, a new book claims. “Holding the Bible in the air like…
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News New book details Jared Kushner’s lead role in U.S.-China relations
In a new book, titled “Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century,” out on Tuesday, Josh Rogin, a Washington Post foreign policy columnist, provides an inside look Jared Kushner’s outsize role on the mismanaged trade talks with China. Kushner was directly involved in negotiations with China, Rogin writes, because he…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s company plans to raise $100 million in Israel bonds as his time as Mideast adviser nears end
(JTA) — Jared Kushner’s family real estate business wants to raise at least $100 million in capital through Israel’s bond market, according to papers filed near the end of his tenure as President Donald Trump’s main Israel and Middle East adviser. The Wall Street Journal, which reported the news first on Tuesday, said Kushner Cos….
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Fast Forward Trump grants pardon to Jared Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner
President Trump has granted pardons to a group of high-profile allies including Charles Kushner, father of Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner. The elder Kushner pleaded guilty to 16 counts of tax evasion in 2004, as well as additional counts of lying to the Federal Election Commission and retaliating against a federal witness. He…
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Fast Forward Chief rabbi of the Western Wall honors Jared Kushner
In what may be one of the last opportunities for members of the Israeli Rabbinate to offer accolades to senior Trump administration officials while they are still in power, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, chief rabbi of the Western Wall, honored Jared Kushner in a ceremony on Monday. The rabbi thanked the president’s Jewish son-in-law and senior…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s name to grace U.S. embassy courtyard and Jerusalem grove
(JTA) — Jared Kushner is getting some parting gifts in Jerusalem weeks before his father-in-law’s presidency ends. David Friedman, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, on Monday named a courtyard to the U.S. embassy in Israel after Kushner, a senior White House adviser to President Donald Trump who is currently in Israel for meetings with Prime…
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