US special envoy and Jarvanka join Gaza peace talks

Wednesday, October 08, 2025

US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will join Gaza peace plan talks between Israeli and Hamas negotiators in Egypt on Wednesday. Their arrival comes as a second day of indirect talks on Tuesday ended without tangible results, a senior Palestinian official familiar with the negotiations told the BBC.

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Trump struck a positive tone on Tuesday, as Israel marked the second anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks, saying "there's a possibility that we could have peace in the Middle East". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not comment on the status of the talks, but told Israelis they were in "fateful days of decision".

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... US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will join Gaza peace plan talks ...

Mr Witkoff seems to have done so well in his negotiations with Pres Putin to end Putin's unprovoked invasion of a sovereign Ukraine.

And maybe Mr Kushner begging for more investments in his holdings??

So, what could possibly go wrong?

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-08 01:05 AM | Reply

Mr Kushner begging for more investments in his holdings

He's just trying to show up his dad, who was pardoned from prison and appointed US Ambassador to France.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-08 01:12 AM | Reply

Leon Russell - Magic Mirror (1972)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

...
Standing by the highway
A suitcase by my side
And no place I want to go
I just thought I'd catch a ride

Many people look my way
And many pass me by
In moments of reflection, I wonder why

To the thieves, I am a bandit, whoa
The mothers think I'm a son
To the preachers, I'm a sinner
Lord, I'm not the only one

To the sad ones, I'm unhappy
To the losers, I'm a fool
To the students, I'm a teacher
With the teachers, I'm unschooled

To the hobos, I'm imprisoned
By everything I own
To the soldier, I'm just someone else
Who's dying to go home

The general sees a number
A politician's tool
To my friends, I'm just an equal
In this whirlpool

[Chorus]
Magic mirror, won't you tell me please
Do I find myself in anyone I see?
Magic mirror, if we only could
Try to see ourselves as others would

[Verses 2]
To policemen, I'm suspicious
It's in the way I look
I'm just another character
To fingerprint and book
...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-08 01:12 AM | Reply

@#3

They don't write lyrics like that anymore ...

imo, of course.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-08 01:14 AM | Reply

Oligarch Steve Witkoff, real estate magnate Jared Kushner, ethnic cleansing propagandist Bezalel Smotrich, Islamophobe Tony Blair and the Gaza Strip: www.youtube.com

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-08 11:03 AM | Reply

Update:

Despite a series of positive remarks from Hamas and Egyptian President el-Sisi describing the ongoing negotiations as "very encouraging", Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, Marwan Bishara, says the talks remain tense.

But there are also "some serious disagreements", he said, warning that a major sticking point is emerging over how and when the war itself should end.

"According to the plan, ... after Hamas hands over the captives, then the war should be over," Bishara said. "Israel says no, the war will be over only after Hamas disarms."

#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-08 03:51 PM | Reply

"Israel says no, the war will be over only after Hamas disarms."

Israel's war will never be over.

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-08 04:01 PM | Reply

#7:Israel's war will never be over.

mondoweiss.net

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-08 04:06 PM | Reply

Sounds like Lewzer is getting ready to fly in to take credit soon.

#9 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-08 06:53 PM | Reply

OK... TACOed to Sunday.

#10 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-09 12:11 AM | Reply