Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser, slammed Palestinian leadership as acting “hysterical and stupid” for refusing to participate in a peace and economic development conference he organized in Bahrain.
Kushner told a conference call of Israeli and Arab reporters Wednesday that Palestinian officials made “a strategic mistake,” reported Axios. The two-day conference was held a week ago in Bahrain’s capital, Manama, and focused on raising funds for projects meant to improve the Palestinian economy.
“The door is always open for the Palestinian leadership. … If they stop saying crazy things and engage, they will see there is an opportunity here,” Kushner added. “We respect President Abbas and we believe he wants to make peace, and we want to give him the opportunity to try and do it.”
Kushner has repeatedly pushed back the release of the more important political part of the plan.
