Biden takes credit for ceasefire deal, brushes off Trump: 'Is that a ...
Jan 15, 2025 · Steve Witkoff, Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, was in the region with Biden's team to get the deal done, according to a senior administration official.
Who is Steve Witkoff? A Look At Central Figure to Gaza
Jan 15, 2025 · He heavily campaigned as the president under whom the U.S. entered "no new wars," contrasting heavily with President Joe Biden who saw both the invasion of Ukraine and the October 7 Hamas...
How the Biden and Trump teams worked together to get the …
Jan 16, 2025 · Brett McGurk, the longtime Middle East negotiator for President Joe Biden, had been planted in the Qatari capital for weeks in the hopes of a final agreement. He was joined in recent days by...
Trump and Biden both claim credit for Gaza ceasefire deal
Jan 15, 2025 · President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump are both claiming credit for Israel and Hamas agreeing to a ceasefire deal in Gaza after the White House brought Trump’s Middle East envoy into negotiations that have dragged on for months.
Arab officials: Trump envoy swayed Netanyahu more in one …
Jan 15, 2025 · A “tense” weekend meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and incoming Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff led to a breakthrough in the hostage negotiations, with the top aide to US ...
How the Gaza Cease-Fire Deal United Teams Biden and Trump
Jan 15, 2025 · When President-elect Donald J. Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Saturday to pressure him on a cease-fire deal in Gaza, there was...
Gaza deal emerged after intense 96 hours, US officials say - Yahoo
Jan 15, 2025 · A senior Biden administration official credited the presence of President-elect Donald Trump's incoming Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, as being critical to reaching the agreement announced...
Trump's Middle East envoy is considering a visit to the Gaza Strip …
Witkoff, a real estate developer who has known Trump for decades, went into negotiations for a deal — joining President Joe Biden’s team that’s been working toward it for more than a year ...
Steven Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East Envoy, Makes Rare Trip to …
4 days ago · Mr. Witkoff played an important role in brokering the initial cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas, teaming with officials from the Biden administration, Qatar and Egypt in the days before the ...
An unlikely team of U.S. negotiators wrestled Israel and Hamas to …
Jan 18, 2025 · After 14 months of talks, Trump’s threats and his special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, played a major role in helping Biden officials reach the finish line.