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Kushner to visit Israel ahead of US Mideast peace proposal

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the plan’s release, which will begin with an economic workshop in Bahrain scheduled for June 25-26.

Kushner, Netanyahu
U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on June 22, 2018. Credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem/Flash90.

White House senior adviser and presidential son-in law Jared Kushner is expected to visit Israel next week ahead of the rollout of the Trump administration’s long-awaited peace proposal for the Israelis and Palestinians, reported Israeli public broadcaster Kan.

Kushner will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the plan’s release, which will begin with an economic workshop in Bahrain scheduled for June 25-26.

While Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates announced that it will send a delegation, the Palestinian Authority rejected an invitation.

This week’s meetings will test a U.S.-brokered plan for Israeli pullbacks and Lebanese army “pilot zones” tied to removing the threat from the Iranian proxy.
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