Kushner may head to UNSC ahead of Abbas on Trump plan
A US official said that, “Kushner will travel to New York on Thursday to brief UNSC ambassadors on our Vision for Peace.”
By TOVAH LAZAROFF, OMRI NAHMIASWILL THERE be another peace push from Jared Kushner and the White House?(photo credit: REUTERS)
US special envoy Jason Kushner may brief the United Nations Security Council about the Trump administration’s “Deal of the Century” ahead of a possible New York visit by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.A US official said that, “Kushner will travel to New York on Thursday to brief UNSC ambassadors on our Vision for Peace.”Abbas is expected to address the Security Council on February 11 to explain Palestinian opposition to the plan. It is possible that the PA could also attempt to push forward a UNSC resolution against US President Donald Trump’s peace plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.According to the Palestinian news and information agency WAFA, Abbas spoke against the plan at the PA cabinet meeting in Ramallah on Monday.“There is no real opportunity in it. What opportunity is this that gives us only 11% from our land!" Abbas said according to WAFA.The Trump administration is expected to veto any Palestinian resolution against the plan at the UNSC. America is one of five member states that has veto power.
