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(JNS) President-elect Donald Trump named Steven Witkoff, a longtime close friend and Jewish businessman, whom he called a “highly respected leader in business and philanthropy,” as his special Middle East envoy.
I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Steven C. Witkoff to be Special Envoy to the Middle East. Steve is a Highly Respected Leader in Business and Philanthropy, who has made every project and community he has been involved with stronger and more prosperous. pic.twitter.com/gd1Sa6ytqS
— President Trump News (@Trump_New123) November 13, 2024
“Another great call. Steve is a brilliant businessman and a lover of Israel who will receive a warm welcome throughout the halls of power within the Middle East,” wrote David Friedman, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel.
Witkoff, who is chairman and CEO of an eponymous firm that he founded in 1997, “has made every project and community he has been involved with stronger and more prosperous,” Trump stated. “Steve will be an unrelenting voice for peace, and make us all proud.”
The businessman “has leveraged his extensive real estate expertise to successfully lead the financing, repositioning and construction of over 70 properties in major business districts in the U.S. as well as abroad and with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Miami,” the president-elect added.
Trump’s new envoy to the Middle East, Steven Witkoff, attended Netanyahu’s speech to Congress in July & criticized Democrats for not supporting Bibi. “It felt spiritual,” he said, “and yet, that’s not the reaction you sense that you were getting from many of those Democrats.” pic.twitter.com/Co52GNpqYw
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) November 12, 2024