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Does the Middle East Rest in the Hands of One Real-Estate Investor?

JL;DR SUMMARY Steve Witkoff, a real-estate investor turned Trump's special envoy, finds himself at the center of U.S.-Israel relations as he mediates critical Middle Eastern conflicts. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityGazaTrump AdministrationU.S. Israel RelationsForeign PolicyMiddle East PeaceCease FireHostage NegotiationSteve Witkoff

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Jerusalem, Israel
"His visit to Israel, even before Trump officially took office, and his now-famous insistence on meeting Netanyahu during Shabbat, have already become textbook material for dealing with a recalcitrant Israeli leader."
Egypt
"Facing persistent resistance from Egypt and Jordan, the two countries that according to Trump would have absorbed the displaced 1.8 million Gazans, as well as across-the-board rejection from all Arab nations, Western countries and from the Palestinians themselves, Trump now seems to have lost interest in his own dramatic initiative."
Jordan
"Facing persistent resistance from Egypt and Jordan, the two countries that according to Trump would have absorbed the displaced 1.8 million Gazans, as well as across-the-board rejection from all Arab nations, Western countries and from the Palestinians themselves, Trump now seems to have lost interest in his own dramatic initiative."

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