The Kushner family's links to Israel are deeply personal and financial, centered on a decades-long relationship between Jared's father, Charles Kushner, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [1, 2, 3, 4]

The Netanyahu-Kushner Family Bond

 

  • Decades of Friendship: Benjamin Netanyahu has been a close friend of Charles Kushner for years. Netanyahu was such a frequent guest at the Kushner home in Livingston, New Jersey, that he once slept in a teenage Jared Kushner's bed while Jared moved to the basement.
  • Political Funding: Before Charles Kushner's legal troubles in the early 2000s, Netanyahu reportedly identified him as a top potential donor to his Likud Party.
  • Personal Mentorship: In 1998, a teenage Jared Kushner joined Netanyahu at a commemoration ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, further cementing their personal bond. [3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

 

Financial Support for Israel & Settlements

The Charles and Seryl Kushner Foundation has donated millions to various Israeli causes, including some that are highly controversial: [4]

 

 

  • Israeli Defense Forces (IDF): The family foundation pledged approximately $315,000 to the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) between 2011 and 2013. Jared Kushner has personally served on the board of this organization.
  • West Bank Settlements: The foundation donated tens of thousands of dollars to organizations in Israeli settlements, including American Friends of Beit El Yeshiva (approx. $38,000) and groups in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.
  • Medical & Cultural Institutions: The family's largest Israeli donation was an $18 million pledge to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem in 2014. [10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

 

Jared Kushner's Post-White House Business

Since leaving his role as a Middle East envoy, Jared Kushner has used his private equity firm, Affinity Partners, to bridge Gulf and Israeli interests: [15, 16]

 

  • Israeli Acquisitions: In 2023, Affinity Partners purchased a $150 million stake in the auto services unit of Israel’s Shlomo Group. This was notable as the investment was backed by funds from Saudi Arabia, signaling an "investment corridor" between the two nations.
  • Financial Services: Affinity also acquired a significant stake in Phoenix Financial, an Israeli financial services giant.
  • Conflict of Interest Allegations: Critics, including members of the Senate Finance Committee, have questioned the ethics of Kushner returning to government roles while his firm manages billions from Gulf states that are actively seeking normalization deals with Israel. [15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]

 


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As of late April 2026, the Trump administration and its inner circle are facing intensified scrutiny regarding foreign influence, the legacy of the Epstein files, and high-level cabinet departures.

Jared Kushner: "Infiltrator" Allegations & Current Scrutiny

Online speculation regarding Kushner as a "handler" or "spy" has been fueled by recent congressional investigations and his dual roles in government and private finance:

  • Congressional Investigation: On April 17, 2026, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin launched a sweeping probe into Kushner’s Affinity Partners, citing "glaring and incurable conflicts of interest." The firm manages $6.16 billion, with 99% of its funding reportedly coming from foreign nationals.
  • "Shadow Diplomacy": Critics allege Kushner acts as a non-official intermediary for foreign powers, including meeting with Vladimir Putin and holding talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman while simultaneously serving as Trump's Special Envoy for Peace.
  • Past Red Flags: Historical FBI scrutiny into Kushner's omitted meetings with Russian officials on his security clearance forms continues to be cited by those questioning his ultimate loyalty. [1]

Pam Bondi: Firing and Israel Ties

Pam Bondi’s tenure as Attorney General ended abruptly in April 2026 amid multiple controversies:

  • Dismissal: President Trump fired Bondi on April 2, 2026, reportedly due to her "chaotic" handling of the Epstein files and failure to successfully prosecute the administration’s political adversaries.
  • Israel & IDF Links: Bondi has been a vocal supporter of the U.S.-Israel alliance, having visited the country multiple times and toured the Golan Heights with military guides.
  • Controversies:
     
    • Joint Task Force October 7: In March 2025, she established a task force to seek justice for victims of the October 7 attacks.
    • University Lawsuits: She led DOJ efforts to sue universities over alleged anti-Semitic conduct on campuses.
    • Epstein File "Whiff": Her attempt to release "Epstein File" binders to influencers was ridiculed when it was revealed they contained almost no new information. [2]

Trump and Epstein (2007 Timeline)

When Jared and Ivanka first met in 2007, the relationship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein was reportedly in its final stages or already severed:

  • The 2007 Ban: Reports indicate Trump barred Epstein from Mar-a-Lago in 2007 after Epstein allegedly harassed the teenage daughter of another club member.
  • Shared Contacts: While Trump and Epstein were socially close for decades, unsealed documents show that Ivanka Trump was listed in Epstein’s contact book, though no evidence has linked her to his illegal activities.
  • Meeting Context: Jared and Ivanka's 2007 business lunch was arranged by a commercial real estate broker, not through the Epstein social circle. [3]

[1] https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov[2] https://www.youtube.com[3] https://en.wikipedia.org

In this video, Thom Hartmann discusses the geopolitical and financial motivations behind the United States' military actions against Iran, with a focus on the role of Jared Kushner.

Key takeaways:

  • The Alleged Conflict of Interest: Hartmann argues that Kushner is leveraging his proximity to Donald Trump and his relationships with Saudi Arabia and the UAE to secure billions of dollars in investments for his company, Affinity Partners, while allegedly encouraging military strikes against Iran (4:21-6:07).
  • The "Winners" and "Losers": The video outlines who benefits from the conflict, including:
    • Russia: Benefiting from higher oil prices to fund the war in Ukraine (1:19-2:02).
    • Regional Powers: Saudi Arabia and the UAE have long sought to diminish Iran's influence (2:03-2:19).
    • The Defense Industry: Profiting from increased military spending (2:21-2:27).
    • Netanyahu: Using the conflict to potentially avoid legal challenges (2:55-3:08).
  • Legal and Ethical Concerns: Hartmann highlights that the strike lacks congressional authorization, potentially violating the Constitution and the War Powers Act of 1973 (3:11-4:01).
  • Proposed Response: The video calls for the Democratic leadership to initiate public, on-the-record hearings to investigate these claims and address the potential corruption surrounding the administration's foreign policy (7:08-7:51).

Transcript

So, a lot to talk about here today. My  Daily Take over at hartmanreport.com is  
5 seconds
titled “The $5 Billion Secret Behind Trump’s  Iran War and Jared Kushner’s Role in It.” First of all, let’s just look at what’s going on.
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Donald Trump has attacked Iran. We are now  learning that his advisers — particularly  
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General Dan Caine, the chairman of  the Joint Chiefs of Staff — explicitly   warned him that if he did this, Iran  would shut the Straits of Hormuz.
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Trump, military genius that  he is, responded by saying:
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A) They won’t do that, because we already had   this little 12-day war with  them and they didn’t do that.
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And B) Even if they did, we’ve got the biggest,   strongest military in the world. We  can reopen the Straits of Hormuz. Yeah. Right.
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And then America’s — as Robert Reich calls  him — America’s stupidest cabinet member,  
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the Secretary of War Crimes, “Whiskey  Pete,” coming out and claiming that the   nation’s media reporting on this is all fake news.
1 minute, 11 seconds
So anyway, let’s look at who are the winners  and losers so far in this war on Iran.
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It turns out the biggest winner so far is Russia. Surprise, surprise.
1 minute, 25 seconds
Vladimir Putin is the number one winner  of something Trump did — a decision   Trump made — because Russia can now fund its  violence against Ukraine with new oil revenue.
1 minute, 35 seconds
The price of oil is up.
1 minute, 37 seconds
And they’re claiming, “Hey, yes, we attacked  Ukraine without provocation, but it’s okay,  
1 minute, 50 seconds
it’s legal, because look — the United States  just attacked Iran without provocation.” Iran had no nuclear weapons. They  didn’t even have a missile capable   of carrying a weapon to the United  States when they attacked them.
2 minutes, 1 second
So Russia is the number one winner. Number two: Saudi Arabia.
2 minutes, 5 seconds
Saudi Arabia has long hated Iran. They’ve been   lobbying — at least since 2008 — for  the United States to take down Iran.
2 minutes, 12 seconds
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has similarly   pushed America to attack Iran  since at least 2010, publicly.
2 minutes, 20 seconds
Then who else is winning? Well, there’s the American defense industry. They’re making $11,000 a second.
2 minutes, 27 seconds
Then there’s Don Jr. and Eric, who  have invested in a startup drone   company that is going to have huge,  huge contracts with the Pentagon.
2 minutes, 42 seconds
Then there’s Donald Trump himself,  who has succeeded in pushing off   the front page the increasingly credible  allegations that he raped a 13-year-old.
2 minutes, 53 seconds
And then, of course, there’s Benjamin Netanyahu,  who has been calling for America to strike Iran  
3 minutes, 1 second
since 1992. And Netanyahu, of course, will stay  out of prison as long as this war continues. So those are the winners.
3 minutes, 9 seconds
Now, who are the losers? The number one loser is the credibility of the  United States and the rule of international law.
3 minutes, 17 seconds
We violated our own law. We violated our Constitution.
3 minutes, 23 seconds
We violated the War Powers Act of 1973, which  says that a president can initiate hostilities  
3 minutes, 31 seconds
if the United States has been attacked,  and then he has 60 days to go to Congress. Well, we hadn’t been attacked.
3 minutes, 39 seconds
It’s also a violation of  Article I of the Constitution,   which explicitly says only  Congress can declare war.
3 minutes, 46 seconds
It’s also a violation of international law —  United Nations law, which we signed onto — which  
3 minutes, 54 seconds
says that no nation can attack another  nation unless they’ve been attacked first. Those are losers.
4 minutes, 3 seconds
Then, of course, there are the families of  the 160 dead 7- to 12-year-old Iranian girls,   and the thousands of other dead  civilians in a dozen countries.
4 minutes, 12 seconds
Then there are the American taxpayers  — you and me — paying for the bombs. And the future prospects for world peace.
4 minutes, 20 seconds
But who’s the really biggest winner in all this? Jared Kushner.
4 minutes, 26 seconds
Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been begging the  United States for over a decade to attack Iran. They are now under attack from Iran.
4 minutes, 34 seconds
They need help from the Trump administration. And Trump’s son-in-law is the  guy going to them and saying:
4 minutes, 40 seconds
“Okay, I will negotiate all this through, but  by the way, I’d like you to give me $5 billion.” And it looks like they’re inclined to do it.
4 minutes, 51 seconds
This is the same Kushner whose  bedroom Netanyahu used to sleep   in when he visited New York decades ago.
4 minutes, 57 seconds
Back on March 5th, I speculated here on  this program that the whole negotiating  
5 minutes, 3 seconds
thing by Kushner and Witkoff was just a ploy  — just a scam — to get the Iranian leadership   in one room to consider our proposal so  that Netanyahu could drop a bomb on them.
5 minutes, 16 seconds
Which is what happened.
5 minutes, 20 seconds
I also laid out a backstory about how Kushner  helped MBS — Mohammed bin Salman — take over the   Saudi kingdom, giving him U.S. intelligence  that allowed him to arrest his relatives.
5 minutes, 34 seconds
Remember when MBS — “Mr. Bone Saw,” as they call   him — locked up a whole bunch of Saudi  royals in what was essentially a coup?
5 minutes, 48 seconds
Well, Kushner apparently helped make that happen. And MBS rewarded him with $2 billion  to start his company Affinity Partners.
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Now Kushner is back at that trough  trying to get another $5 billion. This is a massive and corrupt  conflict of interest, in my opinion.
6 minutes, 10 seconds
And in the opinion of Senator Ron  Wyden and Congressman Jamie Raskin,   who wrote a letter calling for an investigation.
6 minutes, 18 seconds
They said:
6 minutes, 19 seconds
“This revelation is deeply disturbing,  as Mr. Kushner appears to be influencing   U.S. foreign policy while acting as  a political consultant to the Saudi  
6 minutes, 26 seconds
government and simultaneously accepting  their money. Mr. Kushner’s proximity to   Trump and the potential for political influence  warrant the appointment of a special counsel.”
6 minutes, 37 seconds
And then you’ve got the chairman of the FCC coming   out and essentially saying to  radio and television stations:
6 minutes, 42 seconds
“If you want your licenses renewed,  you’d better support Trump.” Those weren’t his exact words, but  that was the clear implication — and   that’s how much of the media interpreted it.
6 minutes, 55 seconds
And it looks like it was Kushner himself  who was the main cheerleader for this war. So here we are.
7 minutes, 7 seconds
What should we do?
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I’m calling for Democratic leadership  to start holding shadow hearings to   investigate this double-dealing that has already   killed 13 Americans and threatens to  plunge the entire world into flames.
7 minutes, 22 seconds
At the very least, Democrats should  spend the next few weeks holding public,   on-the-record hearings into this Iran war.
7 minutes, 40 seconds
Remember Benghazi? Four Americans died. We had two years of hearings.
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It’s time for Democrats to  take a lesson from Republicans.
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The feud between Chris Christie and the Kushner family is deeply rooted in Christie’s 2004 prosecution of Charles Kushner for tax and campaign finance fraud, which resulted in Charles Kushner serving prison time (0:57 - 1:06, 1:32 - 1:52). Christie details that the conflict escalated when Charles Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce his own brother-in-law, videotaped the encounter, and sent the tape to his sister as intimidation for her cooperation with the federal investigation (2:07 - 2:33, 8:45 - 9:02).The tension continued into the 2016 Trump presidential transition, which Christie was heading. According to Christie, Jared Kushner actively campaigned against his appointment, arguing to Donald Trump that Christie was 'immoral' and that the 2004 prosecution was a family dispute that should have been handled by rabbis rather than law enforcement (10:39 - 11:15). Christie claims that Jared Kushner later successfully pushed for his removal from the transition team (11:42 - 11:55).Ultimately, Christie characterizes both Charles and Jared Kushner as 'reprehensible' and 'amoral,' claiming that Jared is essentially his father with a 'softer voice.' Christie asserts that Jared’s primary motivation for entering the Trump White House was to secure a presidential pardon for his father (0:36 - 0:44, 12:56 - 13:08).

In this interview with The Fifth Column, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie provides a candid account of his prosecution of Charles Kushner and his contentious relationship with the Kushner family.

Key takeaways from the discussion include:

  • The Prosecution of Charles Kushner (0:57 - 10:14): Christie details the 2004 investigation into Charles Kushner for tax and campaign finance fraud. The case took a bizarre turn when Charles Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law and had the encounter videotaped, which he then sent to his sister as a means of intimidation after she cooperated with the grand jury. Christie explains how his team traced the scheme back to Kushner through cell phone and financial records.

  • Conflict with Jared Kushner (10:25 - 12:55): Christie describes his rocky professional history with Jared Kushner, noting that Jared actively campaigned against his appointment as head of the Trump transition team in 2016. Christie characterizes Jared as a "softer-spoken" version of his father and asserts that Jared's primary goal for entering the Trump administration was to secure a pardon for his father.

  • Assessments of Character (0:21 - 0:46, 13:09 - 14:04): Christie expresses a deeply negative view of the Kushner family, labeling them as "reprehensible." However, he does acknowledge that Jared is intelligent and capable of navigating specific policy agendas, such as the Second Step Act, which Christie supported.

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