Hebrew Channel: Kushner Pushing to Enhance Communication Between the United States and the Palestinian Authority

Translation by SadaNews - The Hebrew Channel 14 claimed on Wednesday evening that U.S. envoy Jared Kushner, who is the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump and one of his senior advisors, is working to strengthen the communication channel between the United States and the Palestinian Authority.

According to the Hebrew channel, as translated by SadaNews, this effort comes with mediation and support from Saudi Arabia aimed at increasing the legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority within the Trump administration.

This mediation by Kushner provides an opportunity for communication between the Palestinian Authority and the United States aimed at reaching a new memorandum of understanding that paves the way for normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

According to the channel, this would enable the European Union and other countries to exert pressure on Israel to make concessions that strengthen the position of the Palestinian Authority.

The channel stated: If the U.S.-Saudi step to enhance the Palestinian Authority is indeed implemented, it can be assumed that even if the right-wing government attempts to halt it, it will gain momentum if a new coalition wins the Israeli elections.

In this context, the channel revealed in another report that recent talks were held between close associates of Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot, along with left-leaning research organizations, with several European countries, including government officials in Britain and France. The message they conveyed behind closed doors aimed to reassure the Europeans and included very intriguing promises regarding the future of settlements in the West Bank.

According to the Hebrew channel, as translated by SadaNews, close associates of Bennett and Eisenkot confirmed they would work after the elections to undo the steps taken by the current government in the West Bank and restore the legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority.

The channel states: The language used there is very clear: a complete erasure of everything that has happened in the past three years regarding settlements, which effectively means canceling the establishment of new settlements and evacuating existing farms.

It added: From the perspective of Eisenkot and Bennett, as shown in these talks, canceling these steps is a price they are willing to pay to glorify their names.

Channel 14, a far-right outlet, is considered less credible in its reports compared to other channels, and it deliberately promotes reports that serve the far-right and settlers, particularly Bezalel Smotrich, who constantly talks about Bennett and Eisenkot’s intentions regarding abandoning settlements in the West Bank.

The editor of Hebrew affairs at "Sada News" states that this comes within the framework of the electoral war that has begun from the heart of the settlement battle in the West Bank.