Trump again threatens ‘all hell will break out’ over hostages as envoy signals optimism on a deal “I think that we’ve had some really great progress, and I’m really hopeful that by the inaugural, we’ll have some good things to announce on behalf of the president,” Steve Witkoff said.
Antony Blinken says he conditioned Biden’s first trip to Israel after Oct. 7 on aid to Gaza Blinken also rejected the idea that what is happening in Gaza constitutes genocide and placed the blame for the crisis there squarely on Hamas.
Trump names a former critic as Middle East aide — but says, ‘These things usually don’t work out’ Morgan Ortagus served as a State Department spokesperson under Trump’s first-term secretary, Mike Pompeo.