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Kushner has a rare meeting with Hamas' leader on the Gaza road map. A meeting with Netanyahu is next

  • Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with Hamas’ deputy leader in Egypt to push a U.S.-backed 15-point roadmap calling for Hamas disarmament and an Israeli withdrawal.
  • Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejected the plan; Kushner, Tony Blair and others will meet Netanyahu — a standoff that could stall the ceasefire and rebuilding efforts.
  • Several regional powers (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, etc.) condemned Israel’s rejection, warning that the lives of roughly 2 million Gazans and reconstruction efforts hang in the balance.
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