US President Donald Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with UN Security Council members on Thursday behind closed-doors to brief them on the US peace plan for the Middle East.

The initiative allows for Israel to retain sovereignty over all its settlements and the strategic Jordan Valley. A newly created Palestine would remain a disjointed state under the highly criticized US plan.

Having worked on the proposal for nearly three years, Kushner and the Trump administration set up the Mideast plan with the aim of ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

While Trump hailed the plan as the “deal of the century,” Palestinians have already rejected it, saying they were never included in the talks in the first place. The European Union has also slammed the US plan, saying the proposal departs from established international agreements.

Kushner told reporters after the briefing that he blamed Palestinian President Mohammed Abbas for a spike in violence in Israel in the days since Trump announced the plan.“He calls for days of rage in response and he said that even before he saw the plan,” Kushner said.