Trump's son-in-law and special envoy of the White House, Jared Kushner, held a meeting on Saturday with the president of Egypt, Abdelfattah al-Sisi, in an attempt to rescue the peace plan for the Gaza Strip designed by the president of the United States. The initiative is in a delicate situation after the rejection expressed last week by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The meeting between Kushner and Al Sisi took place in the Egyptian city of El Alamein and also included the presence of Egypt's Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty, as well as the head of the General Intelligence Service, Hasan Rashad.
At the meeting, beyond bilateral issues, the situation in the Gaza Strip was the central focus of the conversation. Both Kushner and the Egyptian president agreed on the importance of both Hamas and Israel "fulfilling their obligations" under the peace agreement for the Palestinian enclave, which includes the disarmament of the militias of the Islamist movement and Israel's withdrawal from the areas it occupies in Gaza.
Netanyahu sparked a strong controversy last weekend by warning that the Israeli Army would not withdraw from the enclave until Hamas completed its disarmament, thus breaking with the proposal for a gradual and supervised process recommended by the Gaza Peace Board.
In parallel, Palestinian sources consulted by Al Yazira have indicated that Kushner plans to travel to Cairo to meet with the Hamas delegation present in the Egyptian capital, with the aim of addressing precisely this same issue.
Furthermore, the same sources from Al Yazira have indicated that "the meeting will take place in the presence of Qatari, Egyptian, and Turkish officials," all of whom are significant mediators on the international scene, before Kushner travels to Tel Aviv to meet with the Israeli Prime Minister.