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Chuck McGinn's avatar

But wait! Didn't Nepo-Baby Kushner solve the Middle East during the last Trump ‘administration?!’ 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Carri Nicholson's avatar

There was a solution to the problem, Geoff. And it was agreed not only between political leaders, but with practical plans and agreement between government departments in Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.

With the Saudis and Emirates putting their tuppence in as well.

There was a practical, realistic, and achievable peace agreement - at all levels - and I was extremely proud to have played a back stage role in helping facilitate it, as my boss (who was also my Dad) chaired the second-level talks - which went on for nearly a year. The only reason I wasn't in Cairo with him is that the ultra orthodox delegates did not want a woman in the room...

Then the ultra-nationalists in Israel - you know, the ones propping up Netanyahu - got real panicky and assassinated Yitzhak Rabin, and that was the end of it.

Peace was so close you could have reached out and touched it...

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