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Kushner pushes Gaza roadmap
Jared Kushner, son-in-law and adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, met in Egypt with a delegation from Hamas, Egyptian mediators, and the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, in an effort to accelerate the implementation of the second phase of the American peace plan for Gaza.
“Jared Kushner, son-in-law and adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, met this Sunday in Egypt”
In the meeting, Hamas leader Jalil al-Hayya reaffirmed his organization's commitment to implementing the 15-point plan pushed by Trump, while Kushner stressed the need for Hamas’s total disarmament and for the movement to have no role in Gaza’s future government.
The diplomatic push ran alongside new violence, as Israeli aircraft attacked a house west of Nuseirat in the center of the Gaza Strip, injuring several people, according to Mahmud Basal, spokesperson for the Gaza Civil Defense Agency.
Al Jazeera reported that Hamas leaders met Kushner in Egypt to brief him on Israel’s ceasefire violations in Gaza, and that Kushner said the US rejects any plans to displace Gaza’s residents.
The Al Jazeera account also said Hamas political leader Khalil al-Hayya attended the talks, with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad, Qatari diplomat Ali Al Thawadi, and a senior Turkish official present, alongside Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Disputes over ceasefire and disarmament
A Palestinian source told Al Jazeera on Sunday that Hamas’s leadership briefed Kushner on Israel’s ceasefire violations in Gaza, and that Kushner said the US rejects any plans to displace Gaza’s residents.
Another official familiar with the matter told Al Jazeera that Hamas and Kushner met in the town of Alamein with the objective of translating the roadmap’s obligations into concrete, verifiable steps, including transferring governing responsibilities to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza and ensuring Hamas has no role in Gaza’s future administration.
Hamas said in a statement issued on Sunday that it emphasized its “acceptance” of the roadmap for the second phase of Trump’s plan during the meeting with “delegations from the mediators and guarantors of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza”.
In the same Al Jazeera report, Hamas added that Israel “failed to implement this phase, escalating its military operations on the ground and deepening the humanitarian catastrophe, and has explicitly rejected the roadmap”.
Al Jazeera also reported that foreign ministers of eight nations—Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia—condemned Israel’s rejection of the roadmap as a “direct assault” on US-led peace efforts and Palestinian statehood.
Regional pressure and next steps
A joint statement by the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates condemned Israel’s openly stated rejection of the road map to complete the implementation of President Donald Trump’s comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict, endorsed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803.
““continued active American engagement to ensure and compel Israel to fully comply”
The statement called on the United States to pressure Israel, emphasizing “continued active American engagement to ensure and compel Israel to fully comply with the commitments and arrangements outlined in the comprehensive plan and its road map”.
The same Al Jazeera Net report reiterated that the ministers emphasized the urgent need for the complete and immediate implementation of the comprehensive plan, linking it to addressing the dire humanitarian situation, ensuring security and stability in Gaza, and paving the way for reconstruction and recovery.
In parallel, Al-Khaleej reported that the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt rejected Israel’s rejection of the roadmap endorsed by UN Security Council Resolution 2803, saying the positions represent a direct rejection of the comprehensive plan and threaten its implementation.
Al-Khaleej further stated that the ministers stressed the importance of continuing the role of the Peace Council and urged it, with the support and active participation of the United States, to take immediate and tangible measures within its jurisdiction to safeguard the integrity of the comprehensive plan and prevent any party from obstructing its implementation.
