US diplomat for Israel David Friedman went rogue in telling then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the Trump administration would support plans to annex large portions in the West Bank, ex-White House senior advisor Jared Kushner maintains in a new book that is scheduled to be released later this month. Kushner's story, the most recent account from an ex Trump administration official, which offers an insider's view of the White House's tense implementation of its peace plan, seems to be in contradiction to Friedman who said when he released his memoir earlier in the calendar year, that he had been agreement with Kushner on the subject of the annexation of Israel, something Friedman himself supported.
"The assertion that I had an agenda for myself with Netanyahu regarding the application of Israeli sovereignty [to portions in West Bank] and not telling the president and not disclosing it to anyone contrary to the desires that were expressed by Jared. But Kushner tells a different story in "Breaking the Past The White House Memoir," scheduled to be released on the 23rd of August.
Kushner recalls being enraged by the way Netanyahu made use of his address at the Jan. 20, 2020 White House unveiling of the Trump peace plan to announce that President Trump was the first leader to acknowledge Israel's sovereignty over large portions part of its West Bank and that as the consequence Israel is planning towards annexing all West Bank settlements and the Jordan Valley. For at least the four years to come, Israel will maintain the status of the status quo "in regions that your plan doesn't declare as part of Israel in the near future," Netanyahu told the US president. "Israel will preserve the possibility for peace." Then the prime minister said: "At the same time Israel will apply its laws to the Jordan Valley, to all the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria and to other areas that your plan designates as part of Israel and which the United States has agreed to recognize as part of Israel."
Under our plan, we would eventually recognize Israel's sovereignty over agreed upon areas if Israel took steps to advance Palestinian statehood within the territory we outlined," Kushner explains in his book, insisting that US acceptance of Israeli annexes will take time and is not a given. was so enthralled by my chair that my knuckles became to white as if my grip was able to cause Bibi to stop. I had asked the Israeli ambassador to Uren Dermer to ensure that Ron Dermer to make sure Bibi kept his remarks to a minimum and not influenced by the political whims of the moment." Kushner continues.
"In both substance and tone the speech was a bit from the truth. It was not uplifting or friendly towards the Palestinians. It was basically the campaign speech intended for his local political audience and misrepresented what we were trying to convey in our plan As Netanyahu's speech veers past the 20 minute mark in the transcript, Kushner writes of his worry that the annexation plan will undermine his efforts to get support in support of the peace proposal from Arab nations which, of three, have sent ambassadors to the event. Unlike previous US administrations the Trump plan proposed the creation of an contiguous Palestinian state covering around 70 percent of West Bank, a handful of communities within East Jerusalem, most of Gaza as well as some regions that lie in the southern part of Israel -- provided the Palestinians accept Israel as an independent Jewish state, and disarm Hamas and other terrorist groups operating in the coastal enclave and satisfy other requirements.
The agreement permitted Israel to eventually join each of its settlements. It also grants the Jewish state sovereignty in the Jordan Valley and overriding security control to the west of Jordan River; and bars Palestinian refugees from setting up residence in Israel I had guided through the peace plan and promised them that [the then-US President Donald] Trump would present an appropriate and balanced planned that demanded compromises from both sides. However, that was not the arrangement Bibi was talking about." Kushner writes. "Had the launch gone according to plan it would have placed the Palestinian Authority's president Mahmoud Abbas Abbas in a precarious situation.
A harsh rebuke to a legitimate plan could further alienate Abbas while also revealing the hollowness in his argument. However, the Israeli premier had offered Abbas precisely the type of chance he needed to turn down the plan. When the president and he returned towards the Oval Office after the ceremony The visibly dissatisfied Trump stated, "Bibi gave a campaign speech. I'm feeling dirty," according to Kushner's memoir. It was discovered that the ambassador David Friedman had assured Bibi that he would persuade his White House to support annexation faster. He did not communicate this to me, or anyone else in my team." Kushner writes Friedman went further after the event in telling journalists to report that Israel "does not need to wait any longer" in annexation.
He also said the only limitation was "the amount of time" it takes the country to get approvals from within the country. Kushner writes that he confronted Friedman who claimed that he had correctly portrayed what was in the Trump proposal. "Our conversation got heated, and I pulled out the plan from the folder on my desk." Where is it that it says this in this?' I inquired. It doesn't say it in this document. You're among the top lawyers around the world. But that's not the way we agreed to. Friedman started to acknowledge the harm that Netanyahu's remarks had caused and expressed a willingness to reconsider, Kushner writes, adding that he directed the envoy to and meet Netanyahu. Israeli premier and explain to them that the US will not support his call for an the immediate West Bank annexation Tell him...that should we be fortunate, this hasn't affected my credibility in other nations, and I can still receive the supporting statements.
I've teed up." Kushner says he told Friedman to his credit. Friedman cleared up the miscommunication with Israel and the media. Friedman stated to The Times of Israel on Sunday that "Jared me and Jared have different memories of those stressful days. We both believe that we came to a compromise and negotiated the differences we had in a way that best served the American-Israeli relationship. I stand by my account of events as written in my memoir, 'Sledgehammer'.
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