A top Qatari official told Just the News on Thursday night that Donald Trump’s pressure and the negotiating work of the President-elect’s envoy Steve Witkoff helped push a long stalled ceasefire and hostage release deal between Hamas and Israel “over the line.”
“There truly is no better way for an incoming administration to handle this situation,” said Mohammed Al-Khulaifi, the Minister of State at Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Al-Khulaifi acknowledged his statement to Just the News the rarity of having a deal first negotiated by incumbent President Joe Biden pushed to fruition by his successor even before Trump takes office on Monday.
U.S. and Israeli officials confirmed to Just the News that Trump and Biden coordinated their strategies before Witkoff dispatched to the region a few weeks ago, creating a diplomatic dynamic that helped restart a deal reached last spring but soon faltered and stagnated for months.
Witkoff and Biden administration officials met in Doha with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister, before Witkoff dispatched separately to Jerusalem to negotiate outstanding issues with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to officials from all three countries. […]
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