Kushner Blames Israeli Election Politics For Stalled Gaza Reconstruction Plan
On Sunday in Kyiv, Jared Kushner said Israel's upcoming late-October elections are impeding U.S.-backed plans to rebuild Gaza and form a new Gaza police force.[1]
Kushner called Israeli decision-making around Gaza "a little irrational," a rare pointed criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government by a senior Trump official.[1] A U.S. official told reporters that Israel has not given guarantees needed to form a Gaza police force independent of Hamas and is not fully meeting commitments on reconstruction materials.[1] Netanyahu has rejected any withdrawal before what he calls genuine disarmament, setting up a core disagreement over sequencing.[1]
In August, negotiators reached a U.S.-backed plan that calls for Hamas to gradually disarm while Israel simultaneously withdraws from territory it controls in Gaza.[1] Israel has maintained control over more than half of Gaza since the ceasefire began and has continued near-daily airstrikes, which U.S. officials say in some cases go beyond self-defense and undermine stability.[1]
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- On Sunday, September 6, 2026, Jared Kushner said in Kyiv that Israel's upcoming late-October elections are impeding U.S.-backed plans to rehabilitate Gaza.
- Kushner described Israeli decision-making around Gaza as "a little irrational" because of the campaign, a rare pointed criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government by a senior Trump official.
- A U.S. official said Israel has not yet given guarantees needed to form a new Gaza police force independent of Hamas and is not fully meeting commitments on reconstruction materials.
- The U.S.-backed plan negotiated in August calls for Hamas to gradually disarm while Israel simultaneously withdraws from Gaza territory it controls; Netanyahu has rejected any withdrawal before what he calls genuine disarmament.
- Israel has maintained control over more than half of Gaza's territory since the ceasefire began and has continued near-daily airstrikes, which U.S. officials say in some cases go beyond self-defense and undermine stability.
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