Jared Kushner has reentered the political spotlight as a top envoy for the Trump White House in efforts to secure a peace deal in the Middle East, highlighting both his influence in the region and his growing business portfolio there.

Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law who served as a senior White House adviser in Trump’s first term, has been on the sidelines of the second administration. But he has reemerged to take on a major role in one of Trump’s key foreign policy efforts.

“I put Jared there because he’s a very smart person and he knows the region, knows the people, knows a lot of the players,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting Thursday.

Kushner took on a top role alongside special envoy Steve Witkoff in trying to finalize a peace agreement that would see Hamas release 20 livi

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