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Kushner meets Netanyahu to encourage Gaza ceasefire


In a meeting that lasted more than four hours, US envoy Jared Kushner pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move forward with the Trump-backed Gaza ceasefire plan and “not create obstacles,” according to an Israeli source familiar with the discussions.

Netanyahu, who rejected the 15-point plan earlier this month, said that making progress on the plan was “problematic” because of the upcoming Israeli elections at the end of October, the source told CNN. Courting a right-wing voter base and trailing in repeated polls, Netanyahu has been unwilling to make concessions on Gaza ahead of the elections.

0:00 Kusher presses Netanyahu to move forward with Gaza peace plan
1:22 Interpreting the 4-hour meeting
5:20 All this during an upcoming consequential election in Israel
7:49 The experts panel discusses the remarkable context of the meeting

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