"I think he felt like the Israelis were getting a little bit out of control in what they were doing and that it was time to be very strong and stop them from doing things that he felt were not in their long-term interests, Kushner replied."
"And we woke up the next morning to find out that there had been this attack, and of course, I was called by the president. You had no idea? Obviously, none whatsoever. You know, I think both Jared and I feltI feel we felt a little bit betrayed."
"And by the way, Leslie, it had a metastasizing effect because the Qataris were critical to the negotiation, as were the Egyptians and the Turks. And we had lost the confidence of the Qataris. And so Hamas went underground, and it was very, very difficult to get to them."
Jared Kushner said the Israelis were getting out of control and needed the U.S. to stop actions harmful to their long-term interests. Steve Witkoff described waking to news of an Israeli attack on Qatar and being called by the president, expressing feelings of betrayal. The attack targeted mediators and a negotiating team, undermining confidence among Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey. The Qataris had been the key conduit to Hamas, and their loss of trust pushed Hamas underground. The disruption made it much more difficult to reach Hamas and severely complicated ongoing negotiation efforts.
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