On Casinos and the Peace Plan

It is likely that the rollout of the Kushner peace plan will be postponed yet again in order to accommodate Bibi’s electoral interests. When the plan is unveiled, however, there is every reason to believe that it will emphasize investment opportunities over political solutions. In other words, it won’t be a “peace plan” in any meaningful sense of the term.

If you analogize the political aspects of the plan to Indian reservations, which I think is entirely appropriate, Kushner believes the Palestinians can be adequately compensated for their loss of land and rights by giving them the ability to build casinos on their reservations. You can see where that approach would appeal to Trump. Just don’t sell the plan to him by giving him a piece of the action–he’ll run the places into the ground.