Senior White House advisor Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met this week in Jerusalem as part of Kushner’s Middle East tour.

Kushner is President Donald Trump’s son-in-law.

The U.S. Envoy also included Jason Greenblatt, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook, and Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer.

The delegation is working in the Middle East to finalize details of a $50 billion economic development plan for Palestinians and other parts of the Middle East. According to The Washington Post, Kushner will “report back” to Trump “to discuss the many potential next steps.”

It’s unclear what exactly Kushner and Netanyahu discussed at their meeting. Netanyahu would only say the meeting was “important.”

The U.S. Envoy will also be visiting Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Kushner will not be meeting with Palestinian representatives.

The Trump Administration has yet to release the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, but Ambassador Friedman told CNN that the U.S. is “not ready to talk about a Palestinian state.”

“We believe in Palestinian autonomy, we believe in Palestinian self-governance. We believe that autonomy should be extended up until the point where it interferes with Israeli security,” he added.

Greenblatt and Hook said…

A Berkeley, Calif., couple says both of their young children are transgender and that they deserve to be treated like any other kids. 

Ben and Sara Kaplan told Barcroft TV that their first child – a biological girl – said at the age of seven she wanted to be a boy. Then their second child – a biological boy – said at the age of four he wanted to be a girl. Their children’s new names are James and Olivia.  

“We’re not going to allow our kids to feel shame or fear – they deserve to feel loved and accepted,’’ Sara said. 

The parents acknowledge the children may change back. For now, though, they’re following their children’s lead on the subject.

“We’re going about this because we’re listening to our children and because we’re doing a lot of research,” Ben said. “And research has proven that we’re doing the right thing.”

James, the biological girl, began showing a desire to be a boy at the age of seven, Sara said. At age eight, James began a social transition. James began taking hormone blockers at age 11. That prevents breast development and a menstrual cycle. 

“He is counting down the days until he can start testosterone, which would be the first time something permanent would be happening,” Sara said. “Because at that point, it would affect fertility.” 

At the age of four, Olivia – the biological boy – began…

NEW DELHI, August 2, 2019 (Morning Star News) – An attorney representing Christians threatened at a wedding in northern India – with police joining in the verbal abuse and then arresting the Christians – couldn’t believe what was now happening to him.

Attorney Harjinder Singh had gone to the workplace of the Sikh leader who organized the disruption of the wedding in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan state – by 250 intruders armed with rods and sticks – to see if he could persuade him to drop charges against the Christians. The accused pastor and music team at the wedding had been falsely accused of disturbing the peace and fraudulent conversion.

The attorney showed up at the medical clinic of the Sikh leader, Dr. Gurmeet Singh, on June 29. Gurmeet Singh is chairman of the local Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), a Sikh body.

“The moment I introduced myself, Dr. Gurmeet punched me, landing several blows on my face, and asked me to ‘get out’ of the place,” attorney Singh said. “As I left, I was surrounded by Dr. Gurmeet’s men outside the clinic.”

The mob outside, members of the Hindu extremist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), surrounded the attorney and began to argue with him. Shouting to each other to throw him to the ground, some were saying, “Let’s kill him,” the attorney said.

Leading the mob was Surendra Godara, a…