US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner met with militant group Hamas in Egypt on Sunday, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. Neither meetings yielded a breakthrough: Hamas says it wants Israel to leave Gaza as a condition for laying down its weapons. Netanyahu says he will only start to withdraw troops once Hamas disarms. We spoke to Middle East expert Fawaz Gerges about the impasse.
Chapter Breakdown
0:00 US envoy Kushner’s attempts to reach peace deal for post-war Gaza have met a dead end
0:41 Kushner and Netanyahu agree that US general should oversee Hamas disarmament
1:05 Fawaz Gerges, Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations at London School of Economic, on why Israel has already rejected parts of Trump’s peace deal
1:33 Netanyahu will not pull IDF troops out of Gaza unless Hamas disarms
2:05 Netanyahu’s future uncertain as Israel holds elections in October
2:23 Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir tells podcast that Israel should launch "targeted assassinations" in Gaza, to kill 30-40 people each night
4:23 Why should Israel trust Hamas to completely disarm?
5:06 Hamas has agreed to disarm in return for Israel withdrawing from Gaza as overseen by Trump and the Board of Peace
6:02 What sort of leverage does the US have to "encourage" Israel to agree to plan
7:13 Netanyahu will not accept any phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza unless Hamas fully disarms first
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