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Kushner's clues to peace deal raise more questions than answers

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner recently talked about the administration's long-awaited Mideast peace plan, saying Gaza and the West Bank must be united under one leadership, which raised speculation and doubt in Palestinian circles.
White House adviser Jared Kushner attends a plenary session at the Middle East summit in Warsaw, Poland, February 14, 2019. Agencja Gazeta/Slawomir Kaminski via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND. - RC1F9B11F600
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The US administration has been working on a Mideast peace plan since President Donald Trump made it to the White House in January 2017. Two years later, the proposal has yet to be unveiled, though talk is growing about its imminent release after Israel's April 9 elections.

Meanwhile, Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, talked about some aspects of the proposal in a Feb. 25 interview. He told Sky News Arabia the United States would like to see the West Bank and Gaza Strip "unified under one leadership and come together."

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