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.

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 ...

Incoming Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff discusses President-elect Trump's warnings to release the hostages on 'Hannity.' Biden urges Americans to 'keep the faith' as he spends ...

Steve Witkoff, President-elect Donald Trump’s designated Middle East special envoy, said Tuesday he has been in Qatar “working in tandem” with Biden administration negotiators on a last ...

Donald Trump has selected Mortan Ortagus as his Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Middle East Peace, making him second to the Honorable Steven Witkoff. "I am pleased to announce Morgan Ortagus ...

US President-elect Donald Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, is now returning to Qatar to join the hostage deal talks after he was in Israel on Saturday to discuss the hostage deal after previously ...

Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, met on Saturday with Netanyahu, after having met on Friday with the Qatari PM. US President Joe Biden (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L ...

Jan. 7 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday he hopes to have good things to report about hostages held by Hamas in Gaza by the time Trump is ...