As for "settlements", construction began on a new Israeli community in northern Samaria on Tuesday - the first to be built in the region of Judea and Samaria in two decades, Netanyahu asserted.
Mr Kushner played a key part in planning Mr Trump's stops in Israel, Saudi Arabia and Rome during the President's tour overseas. Israeli and U.S. officials provided no information on what was to be discussed and there are no plans for Mr Kushner to speak to the media or take any questions, maintaining the circumspect profile he has established since Mr Trump took office.
Washington's ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, also attended the sit-down with Netanyahu.
Kushner, President Donald Trump's 36-year-old son-in-law, has little experience in global diplomacy or political negotiation, but has proven himself a trusted and capable member of the White House senior staff.
Cabinet allies say Netanyahu's primary focus now is on building relations with Arab states in the Persian Gulf, which already are cooperating quietly with Israel, primarily on security matters involving shared foes.
Jared Kushner's return to Israel this week bolsters White House efforts to broker a peace deal, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu examines what he needs to give Palestinians to bring ties with the broader Arab world out of the shadows, diplomats and Israeli government officials said.
"We told the Americans that the settlements were the source of the despair and terror because they remove any future hope for Palestinians to live in their own land", a Palestinian source told Ynet.
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That's because Kushner started his 15-hour trip to the Middle East on Wednesday by mourning with the family of an Israeli police officer, Hadas Malka, who was killed by a Palestinian assailant in East Jerusalem on Friday.
A point of contention during the possible peace talks is likely to be the Israelis' construction of settlements in what the worldwide community considers to be Palestinian territories. "The real question here is will the administration of Trump tell Israel that it is enough and they have to stop immediately all settlement activities, or they will accept this Israeli provocation?"
Unnamed White House officials cited by several news sources reiterated that an agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians is a priority for the Trump administration.
He added that President Abbas affirmed during the meeting the principle of a two-state solution for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on the 1967 borders.
For at least two decades, the goal of US -led diplomacy has been a "two-state solution", meaning an independent Palestinian state living side-by-side and at peace with Israel.
"[Kushner] said that the president himself asked him to express condolences on behalf of the United States", the friend reportedly said. He also criticized Abbas for not condemning the attack.
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