Jared Kushner emerges with some despicable remarks

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Support our nonprofit journalism]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     March 20, 2024 I'm not saying they don't exist. But I'd like to think that few people see financial opportunity in human suffering. One of those few seems to include [Jared Kushner](. As I wrote, Kushner—ever the aspirational foreign policy expert with a penchant [for a good conflict of interest](—appears to see something desirable amid the catastrophic bombing and imminent famine that overwhelms Gaza. [Here's what he told Harvard recently](: "Gaza's waterfront property. It could be very valuable to—if people would focus on kind of building up, you know, livelihoods. You think about all the money that’s gone into this tunnel network and into all the munitions—if that would have gone into education or innovation, what could have been done." Despicable, no? Kushner's comments—which you can watch in full [here](—later included a recommendation to "bulldoze something in the Negev" to relocate Palestinians, are a blinking red warning of what we could expect if Jared's daddy-in-law returns to the White House. As for the current White House, my colleague Noah Lanard spoke to a former Israeli peace negotiator about what the Biden administration could do if the [president were truly committed to ending]( the devastation. It's a great read, one that offers real policy solutions. But this quote is staying with me today: “We need to stick to our own values," Robert Ford, a former US ambassador to Algeria and Syria who is now a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, said. "If our values say, ‘Starving children is way beyond the pale,’ then we need to react to that and take stern action, whether or not it changes Israeli policy." —Inae Oh Advertisement [House Bookshop Ad]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Jared Kushner Sure Seems Excited About “Very Valuable” Beachfront Properties in Gaza]( The former president's son-in-law also wants to move Palestinians into Egypt or southern Israel. BY INAE OH MOTHER JONES MEMBERSHIP UPDATE   An important update on our finances We’re falling behind our online fundraising goals—and we can’t sustain coming up short on [donations]( month after month. It is [impossibly hard]( in the news business right now, and the [crisis]( facing journalism and democracy isn’t going away anytime soon. Neither is Mother Jones. Which is exactly why, despite the challenges we face, we just took a big gulp and [joined forces]( with the Center for Investigative Reporting, which creates the amazing podcast and public radio show [Reveal]( and other investigative projects. It’s going to be hard making it all work, and we simply can’t afford to fall behind our fundraising targets month after month. If you can part with even just a few bucks, [please support Mother Jones and investigative journalism with an urgently needed donation today](. And thank you so much to everyone who recently has. We’re grateful. [Donate]( [Trending] [Donald Trump—and Democrats—should be pleased with Ohio's Senate primary]( BY ABBY VESOULIS   [Anti-abortion activists are peddling another lie about abortion pills—and we debunked it]( BY JULIANNE MCSHANE   [This tiny kitten is adorable, but "kitten season" is "terrifying"]( BY SACHI MULKEY   [Here are the only swing voters you need to care about in 2024]( BY DAVID CORN Advertisement [House Donations Ad]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [Fires imperil the future of the Amazon rainforest]( "You might even look and think it’s really a beautiful forest, but it’s not so healthy.” QUENTIN SEPTER Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Donate Monthly]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755