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Middle East envoy, met with a Hamas delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya in Al Alamein, Egypt.
The meeting places a former senior American diplomatic figure in direct contact with Hamas, and what that contact produces remains the open question. The case for attention is in the names.
Kushner held the Middle East envoy role. Both parties made the trip to Al Alamein. The counterargument is standing.
A private citizen, however senior his prior role, cannot formally commit the American government to a course of action. The meeting may have taken place without any institutional mandate behind it.
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