US pressure ramps up as Kushner, Mladenov to meet with Netanyahu to advance Trump's Gaza plan

Jared Kushner and Nikolay Mladenov, along with Tony Blair, are set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem to advance the US-backed plan for Gaza. The meetings are part of ongoing efforts to apply pressure on Israel to move forward with the next stage of the US proposal, including President Donald Trump's 20-point plan.

A senior official from the Board of Peace indicated that ahead of the Jerusalem meeting, Kushner, Mladenov, and Blair held discussions in El Alamein, Egypt, with senior Egyptian officials and other mediators. Their objective was to transform the roadmap's next steps into concrete implementation measures. The group also met with the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza to review plans before transferring governing authority to this technocratic body.

The talks in Jerusalem are expected to focus on accelerating the implementation of Trump's 20-point plan, with a shared end goal between the United States and Israel being a demilitarized Hamas. The plan aims for Gaza to be demilitarized, with Hamas relinquishing all governing authority to the Palestinian technocratic government. This would enable the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip to commence.

Furthermore, the steps are designed to preserve the ceasefire, transfer governing authority to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, and ensure Hamas has no role in the Strip's future management. Concurrently, the process intends to initiate the comprehensive disarmament of Hamas, decommission its military infrastructure, allow the deployment of an International Stabilization Force, and facilitate Israeli withdrawals. The Board of Peace is also working to expedite the entry of humanitarian aid and the rebuilding process in Gaza, while ensuring aid is not diverted.

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the United States and Israel agreeing on the end state: a demilitarized Hamas.