Gaza plan
\n JERUSALEM
\nUS envoy Jared Kushner is due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after holding talks with Hamas leaders in Egypt aimed at reviving a US-backed Gaza peace plan that Israel has so far rejected.
\nThe meeting comes two weeks after Hamas endorsed the latest stage of Trump\u2019s Gaza plan, which Netanyahu has refused to support, insisting any settlement must ensure the group is \u201cgenuinely disarmed.\u201d Kushner \u2014 Trump\u2019s son-in-law \u2014 met Hamas\u2019s new leader Khalil Al-Hayya in the Egyptian Meditarranean city of El-Alamein on Sunday, sources with knowledge of the talks told media.
\nKushner pushed for Hamas to take \u201cconcrete, verifiable steps\u201d and relayed a message that \u201cGaza can never again be a source of terror for Israel,\u201d said one source who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the discussions. Hamas again voiced its commitment to the plan, another source said.
\nThe group said afterwards that it had called on mediators and Trump\u2019s so-called Board of Peace to \u201ccompel\u201d Israel to \u201capprove the roadmap… and begin establishing a timetable for its implementation.\u201d A picture released by host Egypt did not include Al-Hayya, but showed Kushner at a table alongside members of the Board of Peace, including British former prime minister Tony Blair. Qatar and Turkiye, key mediators alongside Egypt, also joined.
\nThe United States refused contact for years with Hamas, which it classifies as a terrorist organization. But the Trump administration has increasingly been comfortable with direct contact in hopes of ending the devastating conflict, negotiating the October ceasefire agreement that led to the release of remaining Israeli hostages.
\nAxios journalist, Barak Ravid said Hamas leaders reiterated and confirmed, in a meeting with President Trump\u2019s advisor, Jared Kushner, in Egypt on Sunday, their commitment to disarmament and demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, according to a source familiar with the details of the meeting.
\nThe source said that the 90-minute meeting was \u201cvery productive\u201d and aimed at ensuring that Hamas is committed to taking practical steps toward demilitarizing Gaza, said Ravid.
\nAccording to Ravid, Hamas leaders said they are ready to transfer civilian control in Gaza to the Palestinian technocratic government, once it is ready to begin operating in the Strip, and committed not to interfere with its work, during the meeting.
\nKushner and his team also met with Egyptian President el-Sisi, and separately with members of the Palestinian technocratic government. El-Sisi told Kushner that much of the regional instability in recent years stemmed from the situation in Gaza. Egypt\u2019s president emphasized that stabilizing Gaza would also help stabilize the entire region, the source said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gaza plan JERUSALEM US envoy Jared Kushner is due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after holding talks with Hamas leaders in Egypt aimed at reviving a US-backed Gaza peace plan that Israel has so far rejected. The meeting comes two weeks after Hamas endorsed the latest stage of Trump\u2019s Gaza plan, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-562536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n