Jared Kushner meets with Hamas ahead of talks with Netanyahu on Gaza
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Key context: <p>Trump’s son-in-law and envoy held rare meeting with Hamas chief in Egypt in push for progress on ceasefire</p><p>Donald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jared-kushner">Jared Kushner</a>, held a rare meeting with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/hamas">Hamas</a>’s political chief on Sunday in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/egypt">Egypt</a>, in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. Kushner will meet on Monday with Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under pressure after rejecting the new 15-point, US-backed road map.</p><p>The talks aim to salvage the plan for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory shattered by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel-hamas-war">war</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/jared-kushner-hamas-gaza-meeting">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Trump’s son-in-law and envoy held rare meeting with Hamas chief in Egypt in push for progress on ceasefireDonald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy, Jared Kushner, held a rare meeting with Hamas’s political chief on Sunday in Egypt, in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. Kushner will meet on Monday with Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under pressure after rejecting the new 15-point, US-backed road map.The talks aim to salvage the plan for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory shattered by war. Continue reading...
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