Jared Kushner defends call for Palestinians to build ‘waterfront property’ instead of terror tunnels in Gaza

Jared Kushner, former President Trump’s son-in-law, mentioned the Palestinian folks’s lives may very well be significantly improved in the event that they targeted on constructing “valuable” infrastructure instead of terrorist tunnels.

Kushner made the assertion in an interview with the Harvard Kennedy School revealed by the Middle East Initiative earlier this month. The interview targeted on the long run for Gaza and Palestinians after the tip of Israel’s retaliatory struggle in opposition to Hamas

“Gaza’s waterfront property, it could be very valuable if people would focus on building up livelihoods,” Kushner mentioned. “If you think about all the money that’s gone into this tunnel network and into all the munitions, if that would have gone into education or innovation, what could have been done?”

“It’s a little bit of an unfortunate situation there, but I think from Israel’s perspective, I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up,” Kushner added. “But I don’t think that Israel has stated that they don’t want the people to move back there afterwards.”

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Jared Kushner, former President Trump’s son-in-law, mentioned the Palestinian folks’s lives may very well be significantly improved in the event that they targeted on constructing “valuable” infrastructure instead of terrorist tunnels. (Fox News)

Kushner clarified and defended his feedback on Tuesday after a wave of criticism accusing him of being callous towards the Palestinians’ state of affairs.

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“I expressed my dismay that the Palestinian people have watched their leaders squander decades of Western aid on tunnels and weapons rather than on improving their lives,” he wrote.

“I stand by this and believe the Palestinian people’s lives will improve ONLY when the international community and their citizenry start demanding accountability from their leadership,” he added.

A photograph of the Port of Gaza throughout peacetime. Kushner inspired Palestinians to develop “very valuable” property in the world. (Majdi Fathi/TPS)

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Kushner’s feedback come as Israel is poised to deal the ultimate blow in opposition to Hamas in Gaza with an invasion of the border city of Rafah. President Biden’s administration has pushed in opposition to these plans, nonetheless, saying the associated fee in civilian lives could be too nice.