Adam Boehler withdraws nomination to be Trump’s top hostage negotiator
The Trump administration has retracted the nomination of Adam Berer, who will serve as a special presidential envoy on the hostages issue, the White House said Friday. “Adam Baler will continue to serve President Trump as a special government official focused on hostage negotiations,” a White House spokesperson told the Post. “Adam played an important […]
Senate confirms top Trump trade negotiator
As the Senate is set to rethink long-standing relationships with many traditional US trading partners, the position of trade lawyers and first-term Trump is entitled to the position of America's top trade negotiators. I voted to confirm the officials. The Senate voted on Wednesday with a margin of 56 to 43, confirming Jamieson Greer as […]
'GOD'S WORK': Trump negotiator gives pivotal update on Hamas hostages
Incoming Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff discusses President-elect Trump’s warnings to release the hostages on … source
Trudeau says Canada won’t be 51st state, though Trump a ‘successful negotiator’
Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suggested that President-elect Trump's proposal to make Canada the “51st state” of the United States is an attempt to distract from the threat of tariffs. “As a successful negotiator, I know he likes to tip people a little bit off balance,” Trudeau said Sunday on MSNBC's “Inside with […]
Revisited: The Israeli negotiator who talks to Hamas – podcast | Israel
this episode Originally aired on Thursday, September 5, 2024 Gershon BaskinAs an Israeli hostage negotiator, he knows what it takes to make a deal with Hamas. He began contacting high-ranking Hamas official Ghazi Hamid in 2006, and the relationship laid the groundwork for a deal to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2011. “I was […]
Trump appoints former Middle East negotiator as hostage affairs envoy
President-elect Trump announced Wednesday that he has selected Adam Boehler as special presidential envoy for hostage issues for a second term. This position retains the rank of ambassador, but does not require Senate confirmation. Trump, Post on true socialrecognized Boehler as the lead negotiator on the Abraham Accords team, the 2020 agreement that established diplomatic […]
The Israeli negotiator who talks to Hamas – podcast | News
Gershon BaskinAn Israeli hostage negotiator, he knows what it takes to make a deal with Hamas: He began contacting senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamid in 2006, and that relationship became the basis of the deal to free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2011. “I was committed to freeing Gilad Shalit,” Baskin said. Michael Safi“That was […]
Saeed Jalili, a hard-line former negotiator known as a ‘true believer,’ seeks Iran’s presidency
Iran’s hardline presidential candidate, Saeed Jalili, has served as Tehran’s chief nuclear negotiator for many years, but he has never won any praise from Western diplomats across the negotiating table, as he has repeatedly lectured them on everything and offered no suggestions. “As Iranian carpet weaving progresses in a millimeter-by-millimeter precise, delicate and durable way, […]
Iran to vote in runoff presidential election between hard-line former negotiator and reformist lawmaker
Iranians voted in the presidential runoff election between hardline former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and reformist lawmaker and heart surgeon Massoud Pezeshkian. The first round saw the lowest voter turnout ever for an Iranian election. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final say on national affairs, but who wins the presidential election could determine […]
Mother of Hamas hostage says US shouldn’t be considered ‘neutral negotiator’: ‘America was also a victim’
The mother of a 23-year-old American hostage among the 132 hostages still held by Hamas militants said on Sunday that the United States should not be considered a “neutral negotiator” and that on October 7, “we are not victims either.” ” he said. On Mother’s Day, Rachel Goldberg Pollin, mother of 23-year-old Harsh Goldberg Pollin, […]