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Money in the West Bank: Kushner’s peace plan

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The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Tensions between Iran and America are distracting from Jared Kushner’s long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. It’s got plenty of dollar signs, but no sign yet of a political solution. We ask why Argentina’s former president is now running for vice-president, and whether Argentines will want more of her populism. And, be careful what you tweet if you’re heading to America; more and more, border officials are watching.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

0:17.6

Candidates in Argentina's presidential race have filed their intentions to run, and there's a familiar name among them, former President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner.

0:27.8

So why is she running for vice president?

0:30.6

And what are the odds Argentines want more of her well-known brand of populism?

0:37.5

And have you got plans to visit America this summer?

0:40.8

Be careful what you tweet.

0:42.5

Border officials are getting pretty invasive

0:44.4

in going through visitors' social media accounts.

0:56.9

First up, though,

1:10.1

We have before us a rare opportunity to bring security and stability and peace to this region and to its people. Even for the man who makes much of his negotiating

1:13.2

ability, settling the conflict between Israel and Palestine could be too hard a deal to strike.

1:19.3

The person to whom President Donald Trump has delegated this most intractable of political challenges

1:24.6

is his son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner.

1:28.3

The president sees it as something that has to be solved, that he very much wants to be solved,

1:32.3

and it's something that he's personally put a lot of time into trying to see it happening.

1:36.3

Today, Mr. Kushner will make his first push to resolve the conflict.

1:40.3

At a conference in Bahrain, he'll unveil his plan for investments of $50 billion in the Middle East,

1:46.2

half of it in the West Bank and Gaza.

1:49.0

The meeting is being overshadowed by simmering tensions between Iran and America.

1:53.9

Just yesterday, Mr. Trump announced new sanctions, including on the Office of Iran's Supreme Leader.

2:00.0

But as the administration attempts diplomacy in Israel and Palestine,

2:04.2

there are more fundamental problems for Mr. Kushner.

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