Some of the old band got back together at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. this week when President Donald Trump assembled some of the members of his first cabinet for a meeting on international policy.

Trump took his place leading a meeting about Israel’s war in Gaza and the possible post-war plans for the land in question earlier this week, with input from first-son-in-law Jared Kushner, as The Daily Mail reported.

According to a senior White House official, in addition to Kushner, who served as a presidential adviser and Middle East envoy in Trump’s first term, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was in attendence.

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Kushner is married to the first daughter, Ivanka Trump, and both were key parts of the first Trump administration.

For his part, Blair was the British prime minister while the 2003 Iraq war was ongoing, and suffered widespread backlash alongside then-President George W. Bush over the conquest.

Reports from inside the meeting said that Kushner and Blair spoke on the hostage crisis, food aid deliveries, and more issues of import to the conflict.

The official said that it was "simply a policy meeting,” which is regularly held by Trump and his team, and the session was about strategy, seeming to downplay the event.

Meeting Details

"President Trump has been clear that he wants the war to end, and he wants peace and prosperity for everyone in the region. The White House has nothing additional to share on the meeting at this time," an official from the White House told reporters.

This is a topic of interest since it’s said to be part of the planning for the “day-after” plan for Gaza, which will be a key part of the diplomatic initiative involved in achieving a ceasefire.

The conflict, which has been ongoing for almost two years, has been said to have killed thousands and is a huge symbol of the threat that Israel sees from the vast majority of its neighbors in the Middle East.

Rebuilding what has been destroyed will be a key part of the administration’s ability to convince those running the countries in question that they should put down their guns and take up peace.

The Plan

White House envoy Steve Witkoff alluded to the meeting in a Tuesday interview, saying Trump would hold "a large meeting" in the near future.

Witkoff said, “It is a very comprehensive plan we are putting together on the next day (in Gaza) and many people are going to see how robust it is and how well meaning it is and it reflects President Trump's humanitarian motives here.”