Kushner Heads to Egypt, Forgetting Previous 'Peace Plans' Never Landed
Middle East Eye reports Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are off to Egypt to 'finalise captive release details' and discuss a new 'peace plan.' This echoes Kushner's previous 'Deal of the Century' (2020), which offered Palestinians a mere fraction of East Jerusalem and statehood contingent on meeting impossible conditions, effectively rubber-stamping Israeli settlements. One might recall that
particular plan was rejected by nearly all Palestinian factions and widely condemned internationally as one-sided. Its legacy? Further entrenching the occupation, not ending 'two years of war' that the article vaguely references but actually describes decades of conflict. The media celebrates these efforts but rarely interrogates the track record of those involved or the historical context. How
many 'peace plans' can a region endure before we question the intentions, or at least the efficacy, of the 'negotiators'? It appears some 'architects of peace' are more interested in cementing control than fostering genuine, equitable solutions. It makes one wonder if such trips are less about peace and more about political legacy for those involved.