Middle East Tensions
Middle East tensions
Middle East tensions
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They rarely have representatives of existing and new presidents of other parties worked in combination at such an important time. But the president and president elected have completely shared the credit.
By David E. Sanger and Michael D. Shear
When the president chose Donald J. Trump, the envoy of the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel met to put tensions in a high -fire agreement in Gaza, there are some in the speaker: Brett H. McGurk, president, the former Biden negotiator in the Middle East.
Mr. McGurk in Doha, Qatar, leading the latest round of ceasefire negotiations.
It is a living example of cooperation between two men who represent agrio political rivals. Rarely, if ever, they have groups of existing and new presidents of other parties worked in combination at such an important moment, with the destiny of American life and the long execution of a devastating war hanging on hold.
Both Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden publicly claimed credit for the breakthrough.
“This epic ceasefire agreement can only have happened after our historic victory in November,” Trump wrote on his social media site even before the agreement was officially announced to the Middle East.
At the White House, Biden told Newshounds that his management had worked tirelessly for months to convince either side to avoid fighting. He called it “one of the most complicated negotiations I’ve ever known” and paid tribute to “an ordinary team of American diplomats who have worked steadily for months to get it done. “
Leaving the work, a journalist asked Mr. Biden: “Who gets the credits for this, Mr. President, you or Trump?” Mr. Biden stopped, around and smiled.
“Is it a joke?” He asked.
But despite the tension between the existing president and the following, his representatives in the Middle East described a cooperative that dates back to the weeks after the day of the elections.
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