"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 and so I think that it's a little bit of an unfortunate situation there.”
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On Monday, the legacy media attempted to smear former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, falsely claiming that the broker of the Abraham Accords wanted to move Palestinians out of Gaza to “clean up” the area's “valuable” waterfront by cherry-picking phrases from an interview. This comes amid a spate of articles attempting to equivocate the alleged crimes of Hunter Biden, from influence peddling to foreign corruption, with Kushner's work securing peace in the Middle East during Trump's term in office.
The incident is the latest attempt by Democrats and the media to smear Trump, his family, and allies, similar to last weekend, taking the former president's comments out of context when he said there would be a "bloodbath" in the automobile industry if President Joe Biden got re-elected, meaning that many jobs would be lost, but leftists took the quote out of context to suggest Trump was making violent threats.
Democrats have attempted to find similarities between Kushner and the disgraced first son, Hunter Biden. The two could not be more different, however, as Rep. Lisa McClain has pointed out in Congress. Hunter Biden has become a focal point in his father's impeachment inquiries in Congress as the younger Biden is believed to have used his family name, and access to his father, to arrange lucrative deals with international business interests that benefited the family fortunes. It is further believed that Joe Biden was party to these schemes, despite his insistence that he was not.
During a recent interview with Tarek Massoud, the Middle East Initiative Faculty Chair at Harvard, about the future of Gaza and protecting civilians, Kushner floated the idea of relocating Palestinians to an area in Israel called the Negev, noting that Egypt and Israel have spent tremendous sums on their respective militaries because “…neither side really wants to have a terrorist organization enclave right between them and Gaza's waterfront property.”
He added that Gaza “…could be very valuable too if people would focus on kind of building up livelihoods. 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 and so I think that it's a little bit of an unfortunate situation there.” This was part of the plan Gazans supposedly had for themselves after the 2005 withdrawal of Israel from the region.
Noting that there isn’t much left of Gaza at this point, Kushner added, “I think from Israel's perspective I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up, but I don't think that Israel has stated that they don't want the people to move back there afterwards.”
One of the arguments for Israel withdrawing from Gaza in 2005 was the idea that Palestinians would turn it into another Singapore, with a vibrant waterfront.
Yet, shortly after the 2005 withdrawal, Palestinians looted dozens of greenhouses, paid for by American Jewish donors at a cost of over $14 million, that were intended to aid in the rebuilding of the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinians then elected Hamas in 2006, and foreign aid money that was supposed to be spent on infrastructure was spent on terror, while Palestinian civilians suffered under a brutal regime allied with Iran.
A 2023 UN report agreed with Kushner, noting that Hamas had caused “suppressed development” since the withdrawal of Israel.
The report added that as a result of Hamas leadership and the group’s commitment to terror, Israel was forced to place restrictions on people and goods coming in and out of Gaza.
Following the manufactured media outrage, Kushner took to X to clarify his remarks, posting the full interview and writing, “For those dishonestly using selected parts of my remarks from 1 month ago at Harvard’s Kennedy School to sensationalize, here they are in full…. 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. 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.”
The incident is the latest attempt by Democrats and the media to smear Trump, his family, and allies, similar to last weekend, taking the former president's comments out of context when he said there would be a "bloodbath" in the automobile industry if President Joe Biden got re-elected, meaning that many jobs would be lost, but leftists took the quote out of context to suggest Trump was making violent threats.
Democrats have attempted to find similarities between Kushner and the disgraced first son, Hunter Biden. The two could not be more different, however, as Rep. Lisa McClain has pointed out in Congress. Hunter Biden has become a focal point in his father's impeachment inquiries in Congress as the younger Biden is believed to have used his family name, and access to his father, to arrange lucrative deals with international business interests that benefited the family fortunes. It is further believed that Joe Biden was party to these schemes, despite his insistence that he was not.
During a recent interview with Tarek Massoud, the Middle East Initiative Faculty Chair at Harvard, about the future of Gaza and protecting civilians, Kushner floated the idea of relocating Palestinians to an area in Israel called the Negev, noting that Egypt and Israel have spent tremendous sums on their respective militaries because “…neither side really wants to have a terrorist organization enclave right between them and Gaza's waterfront property.”
He added that Gaza “…could be very valuable too if people would focus on kind of building up livelihoods. 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 and so I think that it's a little bit of an unfortunate situation there.” This was part of the plan Gazans supposedly had for themselves after the 2005 withdrawal of Israel from the region.
Noting that there isn’t much left of Gaza at this point, Kushner added, “I think from Israel's perspective I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up, but I don't think that Israel has stated that they don't want the people to move back there afterwards.”
One of the arguments for Israel withdrawing from Gaza in 2005 was the idea that Palestinians would turn it into another Singapore, with a vibrant waterfront.
Yet, shortly after the 2005 withdrawal, Palestinians looted dozens of greenhouses, paid for by American Jewish donors at a cost of over $14 million, that were intended to aid in the rebuilding of the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinians then elected Hamas in 2006, and foreign aid money that was supposed to be spent on infrastructure was spent on terror, while Palestinian civilians suffered under a brutal regime allied with Iran.
A 2023 UN report agreed with Kushner, noting that Hamas had caused “suppressed development” since the withdrawal of Israel.
The report added that as a result of Hamas leadership and the group’s commitment to terror, Israel was forced to place restrictions on people and goods coming in and out of Gaza.
Following the manufactured media outrage, Kushner took to X to clarify his remarks, posting the full interview and writing, “For those dishonestly using selected parts of my remarks from 1 month ago at Harvard’s Kennedy School to sensationalize, here they are in full…. 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. 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.”
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