Jared Kushner, an advisor to his father-in-law, former President Donald J. Trump, has launched the Abraham Accords for Peace Institute to promote trade, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges between Israel and the Arab countries. Joining Kushner in advancing the Abraham Accords, which brought about normalization agreements between Israel and Sudan, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, is Avi Berkowitz, a friend Kushner brought in to be the chief Middle East peace negotiator to broker the accords.

Others associated with the institute are Haim Saban, an Israeli American entertainment mogul and major donor to the Democratic party; Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi; and the ambassadors of Bahrain and the UAE to Washington. Rob Greenway, the senior Middle East official on Trump’s National Security Council, will be the executive director.