Kushner Holds Talks With Hamas, Breaking Longstanding US Policy

US envoy Jared Kushner met Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya in Cairo on August 16, joined by Trump peace board officials, Egyptian, Qatari, and Turkish mediators. The US had refused contact with Hamas, which it lists as a terrorist group. The unconfirmed meeting sought to advance a Gaza disarmament plan Israel's Netanyahu rejected. Kushner meets Netanyahu next.