Kushner: US must tell Israel to ‘finish the job’ with Hezbollah

Donald Trump’s son-in-law and long-time confidant Jared Kushner lauds Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, says US must encourage IDF to use the opportunity to strike mortal blow to Hezbollah.

By David Rosenberg, World Israel News

Former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and long-time advisor Jared Kushner praised Israel’s recent offensive against the Iranian-backed Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, and called on the Biden administration to encourage Israel to “finish the job” vis-a-vis the Iranian proxy.

In a pair of tweets late Saturday night, Kushner, who served as senior advisor to the president during the Trump administration and was one of the architects of the 2020 Abraham Accords, wrote that the rapid series of blows delivered by the IDF and Mossad against Hezbollah’s leadership had created a rare opportunity to cripple the organization.

“Moments like this come once in a generation, if they even come at all,” Kushner tweeted. “The Middle East is too often a solid where little changes. Today, it is a liquid and the ability to reshape is unlimited. Do not squander this moment.”

The 43-year-old businessman hailed Friday’s assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah as “the most important day in the Middle East” since the Abraham Accords normalized relations between Israel and moderate Arab states.

“There is not an expert on earth who thought that what Israel has done to decapitate and degrade them was possible,” Kushner continued.

Not only have the attacks on Hezbollah’s leadership – including the airstrikes killing much of the group’s leadership and pager and radio bombings which killed or crippled thousands of officers and terror operatives – pushed the group to its nadir, Kushner argued, Hezbollah’s decline has also deprived Iran of one of its key offensive assets.

“This is significant because Iran is now fully exposed. The reason why their nuclear facilities have not been destroyed, despite weak air defense systems, is because Hezbollah has been a loaded gun pointed at Israel. Iran spent the last forty years building this capability as its deterrent.”

Calling the degradation of Hezbollah’s capabilities a “silver lining” to the fighting since last October, Kushner hailed Israel’s “brilliant, rapid-fire tactical successes” which have left the terror group’s military assets “unguarded and unmanned.”

“Iran is reeling, as well, insecure and unsure how deeply its own intelligence has been penetrated. Failing to take full advantage of this opportunity to neutralize the threat is irresponsible.”

Kushner urged the Biden administration to encourage Israel to “finish the job,” a tacit critic of the White House’s recent efforts in conjunction with the Macron government to secure a ceasefire and avoid an Israeli ground operation into southern Lebanon.

“The right move now for America would be to tell Israel to finish the job. It’s long overdue. And it’s not only Israel’s fight.”