‘I’m here to save lives’: Inside the unlikely Biden-Trump partnership to secure a Gaza ceasefire
Biden and Trump backed a ceasefire plan that would exchange hostages and expand humanitarian aid, with negotiators saying tens of thousands had died.
- On Nov. 20, 2024, Jake Sullivan briefed the incoming Trump administration, including Mike Waltz and Steve Witkoff, on the Gaza crisis two weeks after Trump defeated Kamala Harris.
- Hostage talks collapsed in August after Hamas terrorists murdered six captives in a tunnel under Rafah, derailing a ceasefire proposal endorsed by Israel, Egypt, and Qatar.
- Incoming envoy Steve Witkoff, noting his forty-year friendship with Trump, extended his hand: "I'm here to save lives. I don't give one shit about politics."
- According to Biden, the two presidents agreed to coordinate on Gaza, setting the stage for the subsequent meeting with Sullivan, Waltz, and Witkoff seven days later.
- On Oct. 26, Israel conducted stealth air attacks against Iran, targeting strategic air defense systems to shift the regional balance of power without triggering wider conflict.
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Trump Pressure Helped Push Israel, Hamas Toward January 2025 Hostage Deal, Biden Aide Says
WASHINGTON (VINnews) — President Donald Trump’s pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played a critical role in securing the January 2025 hostage and ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, according to a new book by former Biden administration Middle East adviser Brett McGurk. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email “Brink: […]
‘I’m here to save lives’: Inside the unlikely Biden-Trump partnership to secure a Gaza ceasefire
By Brett H. McGurk, CNN (CNN) — Secure rooms in the US Capitol are cavernous compared to the White House Situation Room. They are designed for full committees or larger gatherings, not intimate discussions. On Nov. 20, 2024, Jake Sullivan and I had gone to one of those rooms to brief our successors two weeks
It's been almost a year since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Brett McGurk, Biden's former top Middle East adviser and hostage negotiator, described in his book Brink how the negotiations reopened after months of deadlock, and how Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff also participated in it.
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