{"id":114871,"date":"2021-02-01T12:20:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T17:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=114871"},"modified":"2021-02-01T12:27:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T17:27:03","slug":"kushner-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kushner-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Kushner Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkushner-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=114871&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1228284133-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former Trump-administration official Jared Kushner and his top aide Avi Berkowitz received nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in securing the Abraham Accords last summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kushner and his team <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/15\/opinion\/trump-israel-bahrain-uae.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">played<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a lead role in mediating negotiations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates that led to normalization of relations between the two countries. Former U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman and his Israeli counterpart Ron Dermer were also nominated.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in National Security<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/kushner-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\"><strong>Kushner Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/doj-charges-chinese-national-with-stealing-american-tech\/\"><strong>DOJ Charges Chinese National With Stealing American Tech<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/navy-faces-rough-waters-under-biden\/\"><strong>Navy Faces Rough Waters Under Biden<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz nominated the former White House staffers in a letter\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-kushner-nobel-idUSKBN2A116X\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Reuters<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0on Sunday. Dershowitz\u2019s letter noted the &#8220;enormous&#8221; role played by the American delegation in achieving normalization between the UAE and Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In his letter, Dershowitz emphasized &#8220;the enormous contributions to peace made by Jared Kushner, Avrahm Berkowitz, David Friedman and Ron Dermer.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;These men played especially important roles,&#8221; Dershowitz said. &#8220;[The accords] hold the promise of an even broader peace in the Middle East between Israel, the Palestinians, and other Arab nations. They are a giant step forward in bringing peace and stability to the region, and even to the world.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gulf states are still feeling the wide-ranging impacts of the new peace brokered by the Trump administration. Israel and the UAE continue to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/01\/24\/956765027\/as-israelis-flock-to-uae-they-see-a-new-precedent-peace-deals-without-giving-gro\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">strengthen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0commercial and diplomatic ties, and Bahrain also normalized ties to Israel following the Abraham Accords. Iran, meanwhile, has lost\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/09\/14\/israels-peace-deals-are-a-strategic-nightmare-for-iran\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">leverage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with Gulf partners since the agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Biden administration appears prepared to upend some of the diplomatic progress made in Middle Eastern affairs. Last week, President Joe Biden <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/biden-pauses-f-35-sales-to-uae-656934\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">halted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the sale of F-35 fighter jets to UAE, a sale previously endorsed by Israel. Biden also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/top-iranian-official-celebrates-bidens-rumored-iran-envoy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">appointed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Robert Malley as Iran envoy last week. Malley previously worked in the Obama and Clinton administrations and has a history of hostility toward Israeli interests, as well as a record of advocating conciliatory policies toward Iran and its affiliated terror groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/kushner-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\">Kushner Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Trump-administration official Jared Kushner and his top aide Avi Berkowitz received nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in securing the Abraham Accords last summer. 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