Witkoff Group founder Steve Witkoff speaks at a campaign rally for Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York, October 27, 2024. (Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP)
Tuesday evening, President-elect Donald Trump appointed Steven Witkoff as special envoy to the Middle East. However, this 67-year-old real estate investor and Trump’s golf partner has no diplomatic experience. The future president, who has promised to end the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, wrote on X that Wilkoff “will be an unrelenting voice for peace.” The war that began on Oct. 7, 2023, in the Gaza Strip has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians, while the death toll in Lebanon has risen to more than 3,200. In the region, Trump's reelection is met with both, anticipation and fear. Read more Israel and the United States: The foundations of an unbreakable alliance Witkoff will occupy a newly created position in the next Trump administration, as current president Joe Biden believed that the conditions weren’t in place for another...
Tuesday evening, President-elect Donald Trump appointed Steven Witkoff as special envoy to the Middle East. However, this 67-year-old real estate investor and Trump’s golf partner has no diplomatic experience. The future president, who has promised to end the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, wrote on X that Wilkoff “will be an unrelenting voice for peace.” The war that began on Oct. 7, 2023, in the Gaza Strip has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians, while the death toll in Lebanon has risen to more than 3,200. In the region, Trump's reelection is met with both, anticipation and fear. Read more Israel and the United States: The foundations of an unbreakable alliance Witkoff will occupy a newly created position in the next Trump administration, as current president Joe Biden believed that the conditions weren’t in place for...