Jared Kushner, Israel and Gaza
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President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner spoke to CBS’ “60 Minutes" with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff about helping to negotiate the Gaza ceasefire deal.
Hamas deal was signed earlier this month, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, President Trump's envoys and the leading brokers of the agreement, sat down with Lesley Stahl to discuss their unconventional deal-driven approach.
Get to a yes first, and hash out the details later. Tyler Pager, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, describes Mr. Kushner’s role in cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas.
Kushner, who also proposed an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan during Trump’s first term, described his reaction to viewing the devastation in Gaza, where he visited after the ceasefire took effect and saw Palestinians returning to their destroyed homes. “It’s very sad, because you think to yourself, they really have nowhere else to go,” he said.
Hamas has been working to use its weapons to reestablish itself as the entity that is governing Gaza. The U.S. said in a statement Saturday that attacks against Palestinian civilians would constitute a direct and grave violation of the ceasefire agreement.
Prime Minister Netanyahu met earlier today with special envoy Steve Witkoff and (U.S.) President (Donald) Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on the developments and updates in the region,” said Shosh Bedrosian,
He said the situation in Gaza remained “very difficult”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff — the pair largely responsible for Trump’s Israel-Hamas peace deal — provided rare insight into how the administration is trying to disarm the terror group and reestablish secure leadership in war-torn Gaza.