Trump envoy Kushner meets Hamas leader to push Gaza peace plan
US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Jared Kushner has held rare talks with Hamas to discuss the implementation of the US-backed Gaza peace plan. A Palestinian official told the BBC Trump’s son-in-law met a delegation led by Hamas’s new leader Khalil al-Hayya in Egypt on Sunday. Last month, Trump’s Board of Peace said it [...] The post Trump envoy Kushner meets Hamas leader to push Gaza…
US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy, Jared Kushner, met with a Hamas delegation in Egypt on Sunday to discuss the implementation of the US-backed Gaza peace plan. The delegation, led by Hamas's new leader Khalil al-Hayya, is said to be the first high-level meeting between the two sides since last year's ceasefire agreement.
The US-backed plan calls for complete disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza, Israeli troop withdrawal, and rebuilding Gaza under a new civilian Palestinian administration. Despite Trump's Board of Peace reaching agreement on the plan, Israel has rejected it, insisting that Hamas must be disarmed before any Israeli withdrawal can take place.
Eight Muslim countries have condemned Israel's rejection, stating it threatens their peace efforts. Board of Peace envoys Nickolay Mladenov and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair were also present at the meeting, alongside representatives from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a full Hamas disarmament before any deal can be implemented.
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