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CAIRO, Aug. 2-- U.S. President Donald Trump's senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner is currently touring the Middle East to drum up support for Washington's plan for the Israeli-Palestinian peace, better known as the "Deal of the Century." The U.S. envoy's regional tour has already taken him to Jordan and Israel to discuss the controversial peace plan that has been rejected by the Palestinians. Kushner met on Thursday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo. Both sides discussed "ways to consolidate peace and stability in the region in the light of the instability it suffers from," the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. "President al-Sisi stressed that Egypt supports all efforts seeking to reach a just and comprehensive settlement for the Palestinian issue," said Bassam Rady, Egyptian presidential spokesman. "Settling the Israeli-Palestinian issue should come on the basis of the two-state solution with the aim of establishing a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital," al-Sisi was quoted as saying. "There is no use of the U.S. running negotiations as the Palestinians completely reject Kushner's plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace," said Tariq Fahmy, a professor of political science at the American University in Cairo. Kushner seeks to achieve several goals through his regional tour, including collecting funds to boost the economic aspect of the deal which was announced in a workshop in Bahrain in June, Fahmy told Xinhua. | 
