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European Jewish News · Sep 13, 2026

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Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has rejected comments by Jared Kushner that the Trump administration used Israel’s “global isolation” following its failed strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar as leverage to secure the Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal. Speaking remotely to a security conference in Ukraine, Kushner described the Doha strike as “a terrible thing” and said the diplomatic fallout allowed Washington to pressure Israel into the deal. Likud insisted that Israel’s military pressure, including the Gaza City offensive and the strike in Qatar, together with intense pressure from President Trump, led Hamas to drop its demands and agree to release all the remaining hostages. Join EJN: https://wa.me/447443160130?text=Hi!%20I%20would%20like%20to%20subscribe%20to%20the%20EJN.%20My%20name%20is:%20

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