President Trump does not appear to have a plan. We hope that his son-in-law does. But how would Palestinians trust either of them or the US in general. They do not come to the table as a neutral party willing to play honest broker and do not have new ideas on how to solve very real problems.

Colonialism drew arbitrary lines for nations in Africa and the Middle-East. Zionism contributed to the mass migration of Jews to Palestine the folly of the UN with mandated partitions of countries has not worked in Israel or elsewhere (e.g. Vietnam, Korea, Kosovo).

The situation is not bad enough for Israel to come to the table and compromise. They hold all of the cards. I wish Kushner luck but I am not optimistic. If I were Mr Abbas I would tell them the pound sand (politely).