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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/22/us/politics/kushner-israel-palestinians-gaza.html

U.S.: Hamas Must Demonstrate Peaceful Intent before Aid and Investment in Gaza

(New York Times) Mark Landler - Five months ago, presidential adviser Jared Kushner began shifting his focus from brokering a peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians to tackling the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Now, with Israel and the Hamas militants who control Gaza in a fresh cycle of violence, Kushner and Jason Greenblatt, the president's special representative for international negotiations, are rethinking their efforts to rebuild Gaza's economy as a way of opening the door to a broader peace accord. They declare that no foreign investors are willing to pour money into Gaza during what they label a Hamas-driven conflict. "Provocations will not be rewarded with aid," Kushner said Sunday. Hamas leaders, he said, needed to demonstrate "a clear intent for a peaceful relationship with their neighbors" in order for aid and investment money to flow.

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