Blair and Kushner meet with Hamas and Netanyahu over peace for Gaza

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Sir Tony Blair and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner held a surprise meeting with Hamas leaders before crunch talks with Israel's prime minister today to salvage the Gaza peace deal.
54% : Jared Kushner (second on left), the US Special Envoy for Peace, met with Hamas leaders in Egypt on Sunday Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair attending the inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the US Institute of Peace in Washington in February 2026 Hamas senior official Khalil al-Hayya pictured at a news conference in Damascus, Syria, in October 2022 Hamas says it has agreed to the roadmap, which includes disarmament, and the group is urging mediators and the US-created Board of Peace to 'compel' Israel to sign up to it.
48% : The new leader of Hamas, Khalil al-Hayya, emerged as a pivotal figure in the militant group during the Gaza war as Israel assassinated its other leaders.
40% : But Israel, which under the roadmap must gradually withdraw from Gaza, says Hamas must fully disarm before any Israeli withdrawal.
38% : Israel still controls much of Gaza and refuses to withdraw until Hamas disarms.
35% : He served as part of a five-member council that ran the group from 2024 after Israel killed Hamas leader Yahya Al-Sinwar - one of the masterminds of the October 7, 2023, attacks that ignited the Gaza war.

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