Kushner sits with Netanyahu to talk Gaza after 2-hour meeting with Hamas
Summary
Jared Kushner, a U.S. Middle East negotiator and President Trump’s son-in-law, met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss a U.S.-backed 15-point plan to move a truce deal forward in Gaza. Hamas has agreed to the plan, but Israel rejects it because it requires Israeli withdrawal before Hamas fully disarms.Key Facts
- Jared Kushner met with Prime Minister Netanyahu after Netanyahu rejected the U.S.-supported road map for peace in Gaza.
- The road map includes disarmament of Hamas and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
- Hamas agrees to the road map and urges mediators and the U.S.-created Board of Peace to make Israel accept it.
- Israel controls about 60% of Gaza and demands Hamas disarm fully before any withdrawal.
- Kushner previously met for over two hours with Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya in Egypt along with officials from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey.
- Hamas wants Israel to stop attacks and pull back to a “yellow line” before implementing the road map; however, this line is unclear and Israeli forces have gone beyond it.
- Regional countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE condemned Israel’s rejection and called on the U.S. and mediators to prevent obstruction of the peace plan.
- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Board of Peace Director Nickolay Mladenov also attended a meeting with Netanyahu about the plan.
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