Jared Kushner meets with Hamas ahead of talks with Netanyahu on Gaza

The Guardian — Aug 16, 22:07 PM

Trump’s son-in-law and envoy held rare meeting with Hamas chief in Egypt in push for progress on ceasefire

Donald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jared-kushner">Jared Kushner, held a rare meeting with https://www.theguardian.com/world/hamas">Hamas’s political chief on Sunday in https://www.theguardian.com/world/egypt">Egypt, in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire.

Kushner will meet on Monday with Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under pressure after rejecting the new 15-point, US-backed road map.

The talks aim to salvage the plan for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory shattered by https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel-hamas-war">war.