As negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza neared their conclusion earlier this month, it was widely reported that Brett McGurk, the White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, and Steve Witkoff,

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, said on Wednesday that he welcomed the potential for “a dialogue” with Hamas and heaped praise on Qatar for helping facilitate the cease-fire deal between Israel and Gaza, despite facing scrutiny for previous ties to the Gulf nation.

The developer, who is president-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, worked with the main negotiator in the deal.

Trump's Middle East envoy epitomises the president-elect's disdain for policy wonks and international relations experts

We had a great team, but it doesn't happen without Donald Trump…The president was responsible for this release, and we all owe him a debt of gratitude, as to all the families,” he said.Witkoff was tapped back in mid-November by Trump.

Fresh off successfully brokering a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas in Qatar, incoming US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff tells a Washington rally of Donald Trump supporters on the eve of the inauguration that the deal wouldn’t ...

U.S. and Israeli officials say Trump and Biden coordinated their strategies before Trump envoy Steve Witkoff dispatched to the region.

(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File) Steve Witkoff arrives at a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File) Qatar’s Prime Minister ...

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.

Billionaire Steve Witkoff, nominated by US President-elect Donald Trump as the Middle East envoy, has been central to the high-stakes ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas. With blunt diplomacy and Trump’s backing,

Rarely have representatives of current and new presidents of different parties worked together at such a high-stakes moment. But the president and the president-elect didn’t quite share credit.

Witkoff has read everything that one needs to read about the commercial real estate industry – and perhaps, the book on deals penned by his dear friend Donald Trump. He has not read the Koran. Op-ed.