Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner makes statement to the press in Jerusalem, Aug. 30, 2020. (Debbie Hill/Pool Photo via AP)

Senior Trump adviser Jared Kushner expressed profound optimism as he “very proudly” prepared to board the first-ever commercial flight from Tel Aviv to the UAE.

“We must continue to pursue peace between Israel, the biblical homeland of the Jewish people, and its Arab and Muslim neighbors, and I have never been more hopeful,” Jared Kushner, senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, said Sunday, on the eve of boarding the historic flight from Tel Aviv to the United Arab Emirates.

Watch and listen to Kushner’s statement of hope and optimism for peace and prosperity in the Middle East!