Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saeed Erekat - In his new book, "Breaking History: White House Memoirs," Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump , and his first adviser in the White House, who gave him the responsibility of liquidating the Palestinian cause, claims that at the beginning of 2020 David Friedman, then US ambassador to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , promised that the Trump administration would quickly support Israel in annexing parts of the occupied West Bank, without informing the White House.

According to the American Axios website, a major crisis erupted over Netanyahu's sudden announcement of the annexation of vast occupied lands, which was considered a watershed moment in the relationship between former President Trump and Netanyahu, and also created a major conflict in terms of domestic politics within Trump's inner circle.

It is noteworthy that bankruptcy lawyer David Friedman, who became Trump's ambassador to Israel, and now resides in a settlement in the occupied West Bank, during the past year, denied such accounts published in the American and Israeli media, and according to the book of Israeli journalist Barak Ravid, "Peace Trump", that He may have acted on the Israeli annexation plans behind the back of the White House, and Kushner refutes it in his new book, which will be published on the market on August 23.

It is noteworthy that Trump, in a speech he delivered on January 28, 2020, announced the " deal of the century ", his plan to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, in which he (Trump) also announced that the United States would support Israel in annexing areas of the West Bank as part of the implementation of the plan, without specifying a period. time for that.

It is noteworthy that Friedman said, in response to journalists' questions at the White House, immediately after the end of the unveiling ceremony of the "deal of the century", that "Israel can begin annexation plans immediately." Shortly after that, Netanyahu announced that he would pass a decision in his government regarding annexation within five days.

Kushner claims in his book, parts of which were published in the United States, in the context of promoting the book that he (Kushner) and Trump were surprised by Netanyahu's announcement, just as they were surprised by what Friedman told reporters, which prompted Trump and Kushner to state that the annexation could not happen immediately.

According to Axios, Kushner describes how it happened in his book: “As it turned out, Friedman assured Bibi (Netanyahu) that he would persuade the White House to support annexation immediately. He did not convey it to me (Kushner) or to anyone on my team.”

Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser adds that he confronted Friedman, who then claims to have presented Trump's plan accurately. In the world. You know that's not what we agreed on."

According to Axios, Friedman eventually agreed to withdraw his earlier statement and tell Netanyahu that he could not move forward with annexation.

According to Axios, Kushner says that "behind the scenes, our relationship with the Israeli government was at its lowest point yet, and I felt like I was trying to push the Israelis forward and build partnerships with the wider world while they were stuck in domestic politics."

It is noteworthy that in his book, "The Hammer", Friedman downplayed the importance of the efforts he made with Netanyahu to press for a quick annexation step and said that everything he did was in coordination with Kushner, and portrayed what happened as a misunderstanding between him and Kushner, Netanyahu and the Israeli prime minister's advisors.

The site says that Friedman told Axios this week that he sticks to his memory of the events as stated in his memoirs, saying, "Jared (Kushner) had a misunderstanding about the timing of the sovereignty deal (the annexation of large parts of the occupied West Bank) with Israel and not its substance. We had some heated discussions that It fit the pressures of the moment. But in the end, we resolved our differences in a way that best served the interests of the United States and Israel."