Kushner hails 'very good' meeting with Netanyahu after Hamas talks on peace plan

Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and Middle East envoy, has held lengthy talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the premier's spokesperson has told the BBC, in a bid to restart the stalled US-backed Gaza peace plan. Hailing the "very good meeting", Kushner told Fox News that there could be "progress in as little as 30 days, hopefully, on starting to take some of [Hamas's] weapons out," but added: "we do need cooperation from both sides". Israel has said that it agrees with the Board of Peace, set up by the president, that there would be no reconstruction in Gaza without Hamas's complete disarmament. Hamas had earlier asked the board to "compel" Israel to accept the peace plan, after Kushner held rare talks with the group on Sunday. Trump leads the Board of Peace, which was created as an international organisation originally intended to bring peace to Gaza, but later expanded to include conflicts worldwide. Last week Israel rejected Trump's 15-point Gaza peace plan. The document calls for Israeli troops to withdraw and Gaza to be rebuilt under a new civilian Palestinian administration. But Netanyahu said that no military pull-out would happen until Hamas is "g