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has revealed in his memoirÌýthat Egypt's President ÌýcancelledÌýa UN resolution condemning Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank around the time Donald Trump became president.

Kushner, who is the former US President's advisor and son-in-law, said in his book 'Breaking History' that severalÌýcountries -Ìýincluding Egypt - were preparing to present a resolution at the United Nations several years ago denouncing acrossÌýthe West Bank as flagrant violations of international law.

At the time, the outgoing Obama administration said it would abstain from the vote on the resolution, which would then be interpreted as "an abandonment"Ìýof Israel, of which the US is a major ally.

He said the US’Ìýabstaining would also threaten Ìýfuture peace efforts by "tilting negotiations toward the Palestinians"Ìýand discouraging them from negotiating "directly with the Israelis".

elaborated at the time that his father-in-law, who at the time was the incoming president, made his opposition to the resolution clear, despite it being rare for a president-elect to comment on an outgoing administration'sÌýpolicy.

In a statement posted to social media, Trump wrote: "Peace between Israelis and Palestinians will only be achieved through direct negotiations between the parties, not through the imposition of conditions by the United Nations. This puts Israel in a very bad negotiating position, and it is very unfair to all Israelis".

Following the former US president’s words, Kushner said that Sisi called them and said that Egypt would cancel the decision to take part in the resolution. , who was tasked in 2017 with handling affairs concerning the Middle East under Trump’s presidency, added in his memoir that at that moment "it looked like we succeeded and had an impact".

General Sisi, who took power inÌýEgypt in 2014, once thanked Trump for his efforts in between the two countries.

In turn, Trump has previously described SisiÌýhas a Ìýof his nation, despite numerous calls from human rights organisationsÌýand activists for probesÌýin the country’s against critics of his regime- includingÌýindividuals affiliated with the Muslim BrotherhoodÌýand leftists.

Meanwhile, Egypt and Israel have had established diplomatic ties for decades, when both countries signed a US-brokered treaty in 1979.

Relations between have also grown in recent years, with a number of security and economic deals signed, coincidingÌýwith an increase of normalised ties between Israel and several Arab states since the UAE signed the controversial in 2020.