Kushner and Trump-Appointed Board Push Controversial Cease-Fire in Israel and Egypt
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Jared Kushner, alongside senior members of the Trump administration's Board of Peace, will travel to Israel and Egypt to push a U.S.-engineered cease-fire plan for Gaza, despite Israeli government resistance and ongoing Palestinian disenfranchisement.
Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and a key figure in the Trump administration’s questionable Middle East policies, is set to visit the region next week to promote a U.S.-backed cease-fire framework for Gaza. According to an official from the Board of Peace—a body established by the Trump administration to oversee its own agenda—Kushner will be accompanied by board high representative Nickolay Mladenov and former British prime minister Tony Blair, both of whom have faced criticism for their roles in past interventions. The delegation is expected to arrive in Israel on Sunday.
Following meetings with Israeli officials, the group will head to Cairo, where a Palestinian technocratic team—tasked with assuming administrative control of Gaza under the heavily U.S.-influenced agreement—will gather. The official, who spoke anonymously due to the uncertain nature of the trip, claimed the visits are meant to showcase the Trump administration’s supposed commitment to 'peace, prosperity and sustainable security' in a demilitarized Gaza. However, this vision requires Hamas to relinquish control, a move critics say would undermine Palestinian self-determination and facilitate reconstruction on U.S. and Israeli terms.
Israeli leaders have publicly rejected the Trump plan, which demands Hamas disarm and Israeli forces withdraw from Gaza. While Hamas has indicated a willingness to decommission its weapons, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted Israel will not withdraw its troops until Hamas is fully disarmed, exposing the deep rift between the Trump administration’s proposals and the hardline Israeli government. This rare public disagreement highlights the ongoing failure of U.S. policy to address the root causes of the conflict and the persistent marginalization of Palestinian voices.