Pressure on Israel over the future of the war in Gaza is intensifying. Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, is expected to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, with the talks focused on Washington's demand that Israel move toward practical implementation of the framework for ending the war.
Kushner is expected to arrive in Israel as part of a regional visit alongside senior officials from the Board of Peace, including senior envoy Nikolay Mladenov and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. It will be his first visit to Israel since January 2026, following talks Kushner and senior Board of Peace officials held with a Hamas delegation in Egypt.
According to officials familiar with the matter, the message the delegation is bringing is different from previous rounds of negotiations. From the Trump administration's perspective, the discussion is no longer supposed to focus on rewriting the framework, but rather on how commitments that have already been made can be translated into action on the ground.
One official familiar with the talks described their objective as an effort to "translate the roadmap commitments into concrete and verifiable steps." Washington expects progress on a number of issues, including a halt to attacks in Gaza, an Israeli withdrawal toward the Yellow Line, a significant increase in humanitarian aid entering Gaza, and progress in establishing reconstruction and civilian governance mechanisms.
Against this backdrop, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, and Turkey issued a joint statement condemning Israel's rejection of Trump's plan. The statement claimed that "Israel bears responsibility for delaying peace efforts in Gaza and the Palestinian territories," and warned that rejecting the plan could undermine the US president's efforts to bring the war to an end.
Washington expects Netanyahu to move to implementation
Officials familiar with the talks say that, from Trump's perspective, Netanyahu has already given his principled agreement to the framework. They claim that after the US administration agreed to steps requested by the prime minister, the White House now expects Israel to fulfill its part as well.
One official described the message coming from the president's circle in a conversation with Ynet as follows: "Bibi has to agree to the deal. I did what he asked. Now he has to do what I'm asking." Another official claimed that Washington believes Israel is attempting to buy time through new reservations and changes to the sequence of steps, saying, "They feel Israel is playing games."
Kushner, according to the officials, does not intend to arrive for another round of exchanging messages between Israel and Hamas. "He is coming to get things done," one official familiar with the talks said.
One reason for the US position is Israel's early involvement in formulating the plan. According to officials familiar with the details, Israel's National Security Council was involved in developing the framework, and discussions between the sides also addressed details and implementation mechanisms. Therefore, from Trump's perspective, the dispute is no longer over whether an agreed framework exists, but over moving from a principled agreement to implementation.
At the heart of the gap between Jerusalem and Washington is the question of sequencing. The 15-point plan calls for a halt to military activity, the disarmament of Hamas, the transfer of civilian responsibility in Gaza to a Palestinian technocratic body, a gradual IDF withdrawal, and the deployment of an international stabilization force.
Under the plan, the dismantling of weapons and the Israeli withdrawal are supposed to proceed through parallel and verifiable steps. Israel, however, has made clear that it is unwilling to withdraw from its positions in Gaza before Hamas is completely disarmed, and has publicly rejected the framework in its current form.
Hamas, for its part, has announced its acceptance of the framework. During the talks in Egypt, pressure was placed on the group to agree to disarmament and the transfer of governing responsibility in Gaza.
An official familiar with the talks with Hamas said the demands include steps to ensure the ceasefire is maintained, the transfer of governing responsibility to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, and a guarantee that Hamas will have no role in future governance. At the same time, Hamas is being required to dismantle its weapons and military infrastructure, while an international stabilization force would be deployed, Israel would carry out parallel withdrawals, and aid and reconstruction efforts would be accelerated.
Alongside the pressure on Jerusalem, officials on the Board of Peace believe that, on the practical level, Israel is already complying with some of the understandings. According to them, they attribute some of the public statements coming from Israel to domestic political considerations and are focusing primarily on developments on the ground.
Kushner's meeting in Egypt was his first with senior Hamas officials since the October 2025 ceasefire agreement. The talks were attended, among others, by Hamas political bureau chief Khalil al-Hayya, Egyptian intelligence chief General Hassan Rashad, Qatari minister Ali al-Thawadi, and a senior Turkish official.