# Kushner's Play to Bring Peace to the Middle East **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 5, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602 "2017-12-05T03:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Ramira](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ramira/32/344_2.png) [@Ramira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ramira)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602/121 "2017-12-12T08:50:24Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > All I am saying (here) is that indications of common ancestry in the Levant and Arabia . common ancenstry **in the Levant** not & arabia. _ **In the levant.** _ the point being your doubting about descent based on the mythes of the religious texts is without any good foundations (as sage rate indeed himself found). The incorrect addition of and arabia … is incorrect, it is common Levantine ancestry of, not common “arabian” ancestry" ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602/122 "2018-01-20T16:35:17Z")
Attack on the Kurds by Turkey begins: > **[Turkey begins military offense against US-backed Kurdish forces](https://thehill.com/policy/international/369912-turkey-begins-military-offense-against-us-backed-kurdish-forces/)** > > Turkey’s military says it has begun attacking Kurdish-held positions in Syria’s Afrin region, including reportedly firing on positions held by a group that the U.S. has backed in the pas… ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602/123 "2018-01-20T17:27:44Z")
Heck of a job Kushie! ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602/124 "2018-01-23T20:21:03Z")
The art of the deal. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602/125 "2018-01-23T21:27:33Z")
So far, Iran is purportedly supporting the Kurds (or at least the President of Iran, Rouhani, is) so potentially my hypothesis was incorrect and this is really just a Turkish deal. We’ll have to see. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602/126 "2018-02-14T17:35:57Z")
Iran and Israel are beginning to fight a bit in Syria: > **[Iran and Israel Face off in Syria, as If It Wasn’t Complicated Enough](https://www.lawfareblog.com/iran-and-israel-face-syria-if-it-wasnt-complicated-enough)** > > Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. I’m venturing to guess that Syria is about to become a bit smaller. Turkey seems set to take a chunk. I don’t know whether Israel will try to expand at all. I’m curious what the route is that the Iranians take to get to Syria, whether it goes over Iraq or Turkey? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602/127 "2018-02-14T19:53:52Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Iran and Israel are beginning to fight a bit in Syria: > > [https://lawfareblog.com/iran-and-israel-face-syria-if-it-wasnt-complicated-enough](https://lawfareblog.com/iran-and-israel-face-syria-if-it-wasnt-complicated-enough) > > I’m venturing to guess that Syria is about to become a bit smaller. Turkey seems set to take a chunk. I don’t know whether Israel will try to expand at all. > > I’m curious what the route is that the Iranians take to get to Syria, whether it goes over Iraq or Turkey? Either way Iran picks to go, it’s sure to help with Kushy’s peace plan. It looks like it’s closer than ever! You might as well check that one off the list of accomplishments now. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602/128 "2018-02-20T13:26:52Z")
Looks like everyone’s decided that they’re going to focus less on land-grabs and more on genocide of people they don’t like and can easily beat up on: > **[The Latest: Group Says Syria Death Toll Tops 100 for the Day](https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-02-20/the-latest-unicef-decries-killings-in-rebel-damascus-suburb)** > > A monitoring group says the death toll from government shelling and airstrikes outside Damascus has exceeded 100 people for the second straight day. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602/129 "2018-02-21T06:06:47Z")
The health, safety and human rights of the natives always take the back seat when [the Cold War](https://www.polygraph.info/a/us-wagner-russia-syria-scores-killed/29044339.html) starts [heating up](https://www.polygraph.info/a/russian-su-25-downed-syria-fact-check/29020954.html). (Bookmark that site. Looks to be Uncle Sam’s version of the straight dope.) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602/130 "2018-04-30T19:32:10Z")
Israel publishes Iranian documents about secret nuclear research project, probably launches missiles directly into Iran: > **[Israel is stomping on Iran for its alleged secret nuclear program — and it...](https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-stomping-on-iran-with-strikes-stolen-documents-could-bring-war-2018-4)** > > Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said Israeli intelligence had obtained a trove of "secret" documents outlining a clandestine Iranian nuclear program, and he accused Tehran of cheating on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602/131 "2018-05-01T15:08:52Z")
Nobody knew Middle East peace could be so complicated! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602.md?page=6)