President Trump’s son-in-law and Mideast peace maven Jared Kushner does not believe that Palestinians are capable of governing themselves, he admitted in an interview.

“The hope is that they, over time, will become capable of governing,” Kushner said in a rare media appearance with “Axios on HBO” that aired Sunday, according to Bloomberg.

Kushner for the past two years has been crafting the White House’s secretive and much-anticipated Mideast peace plan with a goal of ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts.

President Trump on Sunday night said he was optimistic that a deal could be struck, telling reporters outside the White House, “I think we have a good chance, but we’ll see what happens.”

During the interview, Kusher was critical of the Palestinian government and failed to commit to US support to an independent Palestinian state.

“There are some things the current Palestinian government has done well, and there are some things that are lacking,” Kushner said. “And I do think that in order for the area to be investable, for investors to want to come in and invest in different industry and infrastructure and create jobs, you do need to have a fair judicial system, you need to have freedom of press, freedom of expression, tolerance for all religions.

“If you don’t have a proper governance structure and proper security, when people are living in fear of terror that hurts the Palestinians, it hurts the Israelis just the same,” Kushner said. “I do think they should have self-determination. I’m going to leave the details until we come out with the actual plan.”

The son-in-law, meanwhile, tried to distance himself from Trump’s frequent, unsupported past claims that President Obama was not born on the US

“I wasn’t involved in that,” Kushner repeatedly said when asked if Trump’s “birther” comments were racist.