He will launch the first commercial flight between the UAE and Israel .. A new round by Kushner will re-debate his handling of the region's files

News that a large US delegation headed by Jared Kushner, an advisor to President Donald Trump and his son-in-law, is heading to a Middle East tour that includes the first commercial flight from Israel to the UAE has raised questions about Kushner's motives and qualifications to undertake these tasks.

A White House official said, according to CNN, that Kushner will travel next week with an American delegation to the Middle East, including National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, US special envoy to Iran Brian Hook, and US Middle East envoy Avi Berkowitz.

While many commentators hailed the agreement to normalize Israeli-Emirati relations as a historic event, some critics considered the normalization agreement an attempt by the White House for Trump to appear as a sponsor of the decades-long stalemate peace process, with the upcoming US presidential elections on November 3. Next.

An Arab diplomat who spoke to Al-Jazeera Net considered that "the agreement in one of its dimensions represents a success of President Trump and Jared Kushner's vision for Middle East peace, where the focus is on a regional strategy to counter Iranian influence."

"Undoubtedly, Trump and Kushner helped a lot because of the indifference of many Gulf leaders to Palestinian rights," added the Arab diplomat - who asked not to be named.

Large files and few experiences
as long as Middle East peace is one of the most important goals of Washington's foreign policy in the Middle East, regardless of the nature of the ruling administration, whether republican or democratic.

But the positions of President Trump's administration have led many experts and observers to question how to serve Washington's goals in the region, with the Palestinian side being ignored by the American negotiating team, headed by Jared Kushner.

Al Jazeera Net spoke with Ambassador David Mack, a former State Department official and current expert at the Atlantic Institute, about the escalating role of Jared Kushner.

"I think it is wrong for Jared Kushner to play a major role in the issue of normalizing Gulf-Israeli relations," Mac said to Al-Jazeera Net.

"Kushner may have better skills and capabilities than Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, but we cannot be sure of that," he added.

Mac questioned Kushner's eligibility to deal with the complexities of regional and historical files due to his lack of experience in this region of the world.

He added, "Certainly, Kushner has less experience in the field of national security than Mike Pompeo, but they lack sufficient experience to fulfill their roles, especially with their insufficient reliance on experts in the State Department, the Pentagon and the American intelligence community, and therefore I do not trust Kushner's advice to Trump." ".

"The recent peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates" should increase the likelihood of selling the F-35 (F-35) to the United Arab Emirates, Kushner said during a TV interview with the Fareed Zakaria program on CNN.

Ambassador Mac commented on reports speculating that Kushner has a personal interest in these future deals, saying, "I do not want to accuse him of that. It is impossible for me to say what his motives are, and it is clear that he does not want to embarrass the President, or make him look bad." But this does not mean that it has not actually happened, and perhaps more than that may happen in the future. "

Kushner's eligibility,
in his book "The Room That It Happened: The White House Memoirs," former National Security Adviser John Bolton spoke about the influence of President Donald Trump's family on the decision-making process.

Bolton singled out Ivanka, the president's oldest daughter, and her husband, Jared Kushner, noting that they are officially serving as advisers to the president.

He said that whoever influences Trump varies from time to time, from issue to issue, but in general no one has the power of the president's son-in-law.

In response to a question about the reason and the way in which Kushner became the second most important man in America, Bolton responded, throwing the ball in the Republican Party's "court", saying, "The question that should be asked to conservative Republicans: How do you feel about this fact?"

Bolton added, "Foreign employees make fun of Kushner, saying he is the minister of everything."

As for the famous writer Bob Woodward, in his book "Fear: Trump in the White House," he talked about the role of Jared Kushner in the decision-making process in Washington, and about the differences that he had with the President Trump's top aides.

Woodward revealed that National Security Adviser at the time, Herbert McMaster, was not satisfied with Kushner's initiative to choose Riyadh as a first destination for the president, and he was not satisfied with his marginalization by Kushner.

For his part, Kushner believed - according to Woodward - that the visit served the goal of bringing Saudi Arabia and Israel together on one front against Iran, thus paving the way for a direct dialogue between Riyadh and Tel Aviv later.

American institutions - such as the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defense and the intelligence services - also complained that Kushner's methods - which rely on personal relationships rather than the usual diplomatic and political channels - have great risks, especially with the officials of the relevant departments not being informed of the content of what is going on behind closed doors.