Jared Kushner
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And unfortunately, it hasn't really achieved any outcomes that have been successful.
So it's a great business plan.
It just shows, too.
Rebuilding Gaza could be easy, but like I said, the problem that's held the Palestinian people back and that's made their lives terrible in Gaza has not been Israel.
It's really been Hamas's leadership or lack of leadership and their desire to focus on trying to kill Israelis and start war with Israel over improving the lives of the Palestinian people.
I mean, Hamas has been running it now for 16 years, and they don't have a lot to show for it.
And our posture with them was basically a very simple deal.
If you think about what's the end state in Gaza, it's actually not that complicated.
There's no territorial disputes, right?
The border's the border.
There's no religious issues there as well.
You're not dealing with Jerusalem.
You're basically just dealing with the fact that Israel wants to make sure that there's no threat from Gaza.
So it's a demilitarization or some kind of security guarantee from a credible source where Israel doesn't feel like Gaza can be used to stage attacks into Israel or to fire rockets into Israel.
And by the way, these are things I was saying three, four years ago, that that was the objective.
And that was really the fear now that's been proven.
Unfortunately, the fear continues.
has manifested.
And in exchange, you can rebuild the place and you can give the people a much better life.
But Hamas has not shown a desire for that or a capability for that.