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Jared Kushner reenters as key player in Middle East peace push

The deal includes a ceasefire, release of about 20 hostages, and initial Israeli troop withdrawal, ending a two-year conflict that killed over 67,000 Palestinians, officials said.

  • On Wednesday, President Donald Trump dispatched Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to finalize a U.S.-brokered 20-point peace plan calling for a ceasefire and hostage exchange, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreeing to begin phase one.
  • A turning point at the U.N. General Assembly, New York a few weeks ago set up the deal, with Witkoff and Kushner offering concessions that watered down Palestinian statehood language to win Netanyahu’s support.
  • They rushed into negotiations and had a deal done by about 2.30am, then Kushner and Witkoff boarded a plane to Egypt, met mediators in Sharm el-Sheikh, and flew to Jerusalem.
  • Israel’s cabinet approved the plan a few hours later, and two hundred U.S. troops have begun arriving to stand up a joint task force.
  • Described as only phase one, the deal leaves unresolved questions about disarming Hamas and governance, and full implementation requires sustained attention from President Donald Trump and trusted advisers.
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In the square of the hostages, the triumphal embrace to the US envoys by 400 thousand Israelis. Many whistles instead for Netanyahu

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The Epoch Times broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, October 9, 2025.
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