Jared Kushner traveling to the Middle East to talk peace

Jared Kushner.
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President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, is headed to the Middle East this week, where he will attempt to secure a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians, a White House official confirmed to The Washington Post Sunday.

He will be accompanied by Jason Greenblatt, an assistant to Trump and special representative for international negotiations. The pair will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. Trump has deputized the men with leading U.S. efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East, and they helped put together Trump's first trip to the region one month ago.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.