Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, on Friday condemned remarks made by US President Donald Trump’s top adviser Jared Kushner in an interview with the New York Times, in which Kushner insisted that the Trump administration’s recent funding cuts to the PA do not impede the prospects of peace.
In a statement quoted by the Wafa news agency, Abu Rudeineh said Kushner’s statement indicates that “[he] is unaware of the reality of the conflict, and is an attempt to mislead and falsify the history of Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian sanctities.”
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