WASHINGT0N — US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner will make a rare public appearance on Sunday, when he partakes in a keynote conversation at the Brookings Institution’s annual Saban Forum in Washington, D.C.
Kushner, 36, has been tasked by his father-in-law to lead the White House’s efforts toward forging an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord.
He will discuss those efforts and the administration’s broader Middle East approach with Haim Saban, the Israeli-American media mogul who hosts the prestigious confab in collaboration with Brookings.
Saban is also a major Democratic donor and has financially backed former secretary of state Hillary Clinton — Trump’s 2016 campaign rival — in the past.
Despite Kushner’s holding such a prominent role in the Trump White House, he shies away from speaking publicly and has generally refrained from providing details on his team’s attempts to renew negotiations between the sides.
In July, he admitted that a peace deal might not be possible, in a leaked conversation with congressional interns.
“What do we offer that’s unique? I don’t know,” Kushner said in a recording obtained by Wired magazine. “We’re trying to work with the parties very quietly to see if there’s a solution. And there may be no solution, but it’s one of the problem sets that the president asked us to focus on.” READ MORE
