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 […]