Kushner to visit Israel after Netanyahu rejects Gaza Board of Peace plan

Visit to address Israeli opposition to plan for Hamas to disarm, Israel to withdraw from Gaza, board official says.United States President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and aide, Jared Kushner, is set to travel to Israel and Egypt next week to support a US-backed Board of Peace plan for a permanent end to Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.The visit, which was confirmed to Al Jazeera by a Board of Peace official, comes shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a Trump-backed 15-point plan for a lasting peace in the Palestinian enclave.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Gaza holds mass funeral for 112 people killed in Israel’s 2023 Sabra attacklist 2 of 3Israel’s ‘Green Rafah’ plan aims to fragment Gaza, experts saylist 3 of 3What now as Israel rejects Trump’s 15-point plan for Gaza?end of listNetanyahu specifically opposed a provision of the plan that would see Hamas gradually disarm, transferring its weapons to a Palestinian third party, with Israel concurrently withdrawing its troops from Gaza. Hamas announced in it had agreed to a preliminary version of the deal and has said that it remains committed following Israel’s rejection.An official with the Boa...