Board of Peace confirms Kushner to visit Israel and Egypt next week to discuss Gaza plan

The Board of Peace confirms Jared Kushner’s trip to Israel next week and reveals that the top adviser to US President Donald Trump will make a subsequent stop in Cairo.

Kushner will be joined by senior Board of Peace envoys Nickolay Mladenov and Tony Blair, an official from the US-controlled panel overseeing the postwar management of Gaza tells The Times of Israel.

“In Israel, we will continue the constructive conversations that we are having on how to advance the President’s historic Comprehensive 20-Point Peace Plan,” the Board of Peace official says.

“The United States and Israel agree on the end state, which is a demilitarized Hamas. We will hear the concerns that have been raised and talk about next steps. What is critical is that we both agree on the desired outcome and are finding ways to accelerate progress,” the official continues, appearing to reference Israel’s opposition to the Board of Peace’s disarmament plan, which was approved by Hamas on July 30.

“In Cairo, there are meetings planned with the Egyptians and the other mediators. We will concretize next steps on roadmap implementation,” the official says.

“All of these meetings show the determination of all parties to advance the President’s plan and see peace, prosperity, and sustainable security emerge in a Gaza that is demilitarized and where Hamas has ceded full authority to the Palestinian technocratic government, enabling reconstruction for the benefit of the people of Gaza,” the official adds.

A source familiar with the matter has told The Times of Israel that Kushner, Mladenov and Blair will arrive in Israel on Sunday.