Netanyahu says "We’re absolutely against a Palestinian state" in meeting with Jared Kushner

During a Monday meeting with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and Middle East adviser, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared his firm opposition to a Palestinian state, a senior Israeli official said. The official said the two sides addressed Israel’s bottom lines, and that Netanyahu stressed most Israelis share his view. The conversation came as Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan remains blocked over Hamas’s disarmament, and after Netanyahu rejected a 15-point plan that Kushner’s Board of Peace had agreed to with Hamas. Kushner later said Gaza would not be rebuilt until demilitarized and that Israel’s self-defense rights would remain. Netanyahu endorsed the 20-point plan in late September, but the following day he said he had told Trump he did not agree to Palestinian statehood.