Kushner: Trump 'very fond' of Abbas, willing to engage on peace plan
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WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is "very fond" of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and is willing to engage him on the U.S. peace proposal at the right time, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner says.
Kushner, briefing reporters on a conference call, also hints the U.S. peace plan might call on Palestinian refugees to permanently settle where they are rather than return to lands now in Israel.
"Our door is always open to the Palestinian leadership," says Kushner, who is also Trump's son-in-law.
