Jared Kushner

I think in 570 BCE, when Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem, he took about 10,000 Jews back with him to Babylon because he thought it'd be good for his economy.

And during that place, the Jews actually flourished and had a good life there.

So

For a thousand years before the Second World War, the Jews and the Muslims lived very peacefully together.

So people say that what we're doing now is an aberration.

I actually think it's not an aberration.

I think it's actually a return to the time where people can live together culturally.

And so this is the beginning of the end of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

And it's the beginning of togetherness, which, again, you think about how much war, how much provocation, how much terrorism has been made in the name of religious conflict.

This is, I think, the start of the process of religious respect and understanding.

Sure.

So I left government, obviously worked for four years.

It was a very action-packed time.

That's why I wrote the book.

I wanted to put down all those experiences.

I started thinking, what do I want to do next?

So my previous career, I'd been in real estate.

I'd worked with my brother on some technology businesses that I'd started.

And then I got into government.

So I kind of had a career shift, right?