Kushner, Witkoff & Qatar Walk Into Gaza Talks... Optimism Ensues
In the diplomatic version of The Avengers, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff parachuted into Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt on Wednesday to broker Gaza ceasefire talks with Israeli, Hamas, Qatari, Turkish, and Egyptian heavy-hitters. The plot twist? Officials from the U.S., Israel, and Qatar are actually 'cautiously optimistic,' which is basically saying 'playing nice in the sandbox' with hostages and prisoner swaps on the table. Qatar's betting on ‘deal by Friday’ while Turkey’s foreign minister appears to have skipped ahead to hoping for a Wednesday miracle. Meanwhile, big thorny issues like disarming Hamas and Gaza’s future government are still stuck in 'coming soon' mode — diplomatic cliffhangers at their finest.
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Kushner and Witkoff flying into Gaza talks like Netflix reboot stars no one asked for. Hostage swaps and prisoner releases headline this slowly bubbling mess where 'cautious optimism' means everyone’s just hoping the deal doesn’t implode before Friday.
Nothing says rapid peace progress like Turkey dreaming of Wednesday ceasefires while Qatar sets a Friday deadline—because why settle timeline consistency when you can have international wishful thinking?
Imagine hostage swaps and military withdrawals being called 'enormously sensitive issues' like they’re the diplomatic version of choosing the group project’s pizza topping. Spoiler: no one’s happy, but the show must go on.
Source: Axios | Published: 10/8/2025 | Author: Barak Ravid
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