The special envoy of the United States Jared Kushner stated this Sunday that Israel is acting "somewhat irrationally" in "certain aspects" in the Gaza Strip, motivated by the elections that will take place in the country on October 27. At the same time, he emphasized that Washington and Tel Aviv are "in agreement" regarding the "final status" that the Palestinian enclave should have.
"We are resolving some political issues in Israel. I think we agree with them regarding the final goal. They are just going through some crazy elections and that makes them act somewhat irrationally in certain aspects. But we are very determined and we are resolving these issues," Kushner stated at a press conference held in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. This is his first visit to the country, along with Steve Witkoff --also a Trump envoy-- since the beginning of the war in 2022.
Next, the special envoy stressed that Gaza not only "has not been functioning for a long, long time," but is a territory that "was basically built by NGOs and terrorists" and that, according to his words, has been "a dystopian place for a long time."
In this line, the also son-in-law of the head of the White House boasted that "during the last year" humanitarian aid in the former war zone has "increased," something he described as a "change" regarding the way assistance was channeled previously.
"In Gaza, the UN spent three times more per person on aid than in Syria. Why? Because it had become a whole industrial complex of aid and much of it was being diverted to finance a terrorist organization. So we changed the way we provide aid," Kushner pointed out, adding --without providing specific figures-- that "now" Gaza "has one of the lowest malnutrition rates in the world."
However, at the end of June, the director of Health and Social Mobilization of Doctors of the World, Ricardo Angora, warned that the Gazan population --along with the West Bank and Lebanese-- is going through a "health crisis of large proportions" resulting from the Israeli offensive. He denounced that the military operation is generating severe food and water insecurity, as well as unsanitary conditions, in addition to the destruction of hospital centers and attacks against healthcare personnel.
Finally, the U.S. envoy has again referred to the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, admitting that achieving it "is not going to be easy." These statements come a few weeks after Kushner himself predicted "progress" on this matter within a period of 30 days, after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli leader has expressed opposition to this 'roadmap' from the Peace Board, while Trump's son-in-law assured him that the reconstruction of the enclave would not begin until the disarmament of the Palestinian militias was completed.