Steve Witkoff helped negotiate the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. His visit to Gaza on Wednesday was the first by a senior U.S.

Witkoff, who is Jewish and who has been friends with Trump since the 1980s when he bought Trump a sandwich after they worked on a real estate transaction, has no Middle East diplomatic experience.

Developer Steve Witkoff found himself on the periphery of one of the most significant negotiations in international relations. Witkoff played a role in the negotiations that resulted in a ...

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Trump also highlighted Witkoff's role in a Truth Social post, writing: "With this deal in place, my National Security team, through the efforts of Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff ...

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday amid a push to secure a ceasefire in ...