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

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.

Netanyahu 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 Board of Peace, which was launched as part of a broader Gaza “ceasefire” agreement reached between Israel and Hamas in late 2025, said Kushner will be accompanied by the board’s director general, former Bulgarian government minister Nickolay Mladenov, and executive committee member, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The official said the trio 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,” said the official, who maintained that both the Board of Peace and Israel “agree on the end state, which is a demilitarised Hamas”.

In Cairo, the official said Kushner, Mladenov, and Blair will meet Egyptian and other mediators, and will seek to solidify a roadmap.

Hamas’s approval of the preliminary disarmament agreement has been seen as a major breakthrough, even as details of implementation have remained undefined.