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US President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law and aide Jared Kushner was in Jerusalem on Thursday as part of a Middle East trip focused on the White House\u2019s expected plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace.<\/p>\n

Kushner was expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but no details were released of his schedule.<\/p>\n

A US embassy spokeswoman confirmed he had arrived following earlier stops in Morocco and Jordan.<\/p>\n

Kushner, accompanied by Trump envoy Jason Greenblatt and Brian Hook, the US special representative for Iran, is a key architect of the peace plan the White House is expected to unveil.<\/p>\n

But the plan, previously delayed for an Israeli general election on April 9, could face further postponements due to Israeli politics.<\/p>\n

Israel is set to hold another general election in September after Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government, and the plan is widely seen as too sensitive an issue to introduce during a political campaign.<\/p>\n

The Palestinian leadership has also already rejected the plan, saying that Trump\u2019s moves have shown him to be blatantly biased in favour of Israel.<\/p>\n

Those moves include declaring the disputed city of Jerusalem Israel\u2019s capital and cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in Palestinian aid.<\/p>\n

Jordan\u2019s King Abdullah II insisted during Kushner\u2019s visit Wednesday on the \u201cneed to intensify efforts to achieve a comprehensive and lasting peace based on the two-state solution, that would guarantee the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital.\u201d<\/p>\n

The United States is expected to roll out the economic aspects of the peace plan at a conference in Bahrain on June 25-26, but Palestinian leaders say they will not attend.<\/p>\n

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