“I think we agree with the Israelis on the end state for Gaza,” Kushner told reporters during a visit to Ukraine.

“They just have crazy elections, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards,” he said in Kyiv.

Kushner – whose family has deep personal ties to Netanyahu – appeared to adopt the Israeli stance on Gaza in a recent interview with Fox News, emphasising the full demilitarisation of Hamas before an Israeli withdrawal.