WASHINGTON, DC — Senior adviser and assistant to President Steve Witkov instructed Breitbart News that the report of the rift between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was faux information and “idiotious.”
“First of all, I believe we must always low cost greater than half of these stories as a result of there’s a very comparable pondering means of discounting half of those stories,” Witkoff stated final week when requested about such stories in an unique interview filmed on the White House. “I believe this report can be fatally correct right here, however Prime Minister Netanyahu and the individuals of Israel are cussed allies of the United States, and it goes again to the opposite method round. I’ve been at a number of conferences with the president and the prime minister. In truth, they’re good mates. And that specific newspaper reporter thinks that on a number of the giant points they’ve, it is strategically and economically, we do not need to consider a really comparable nuclear weapon.
Witkov’s feedback got here earlier than Trump visited the Middle East this week, with the president set to go to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. They additionally stated that Witkov met with representatives of the Iranian authorities for the fourth time this yr on Sunday, so he’s making an attempt to dam the nuclear deal between Iran and the US.
Last week, Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported in Hebrew, citing two nameless sources near Trump that the president was “disillusioned” in Netanyahu and determined to go it alone within the Middle East, separate from Israel. The report is a big deal, and it’s possible that they’re welcoming Israeli information as Israeli individuals push their internal circle in the direction of coping with Israel and ending the conflict in Gaza.
In specific, Netanyahu himself has very a lot reward for his interplay with Trump this yr. After a summit with Trump in February, Netanyahu instructed Breitbart News it was “the best assembly of all time” between the Israeli Prime Minister and the US president. So it was onerous to imagine that after beginning this yr, either side have been removed from the rails.
Witkov has contributed to the negotiations between Gaza and Iran, asking the place issues stand in Gaza. However, he says he hasn’t accepted what Hamas has thought-about an inexpensive deal for almost two months now, and he nonetheless thinks Hamas ought to say “sure” to that.”
“I’ve some unlucky points,” Witkoff stated. “I want we might get the ultimate group of hostages. We would possibly nonetheless take them out. I believe it is a tense negotiation. We speak about it every single day. We’re speaking to the Israelites, the Catalis, the Egyptians, the Chiefs, the Chiefs. We can speak about it, however I hope it was potential to take this six weeks in the past. I hope that the phrases we talked about and that they’ll.”
When requested why Hamas didn’t settle for the phrases of negotiations, Witkov stated he couldn’t logically clarify “their incompromise”, however recommended that a few of their phrases could also be misplaced in translation as he and the United States are speaking to them by means of intermediaries quite than straight with Hamas. He stated he would discuss on to Hamas if the president ordered him, however he actually raised doubts as as to if it’s a good suggestion for the US to speak with terrorist organizations.
“As a smart individual, I hope I can clarify their incompromise,” Witkoff stated. “I want I might, however I am unable to. I do not keep in mind, I’m not speaking straight with them, so we’re speaking not directly with them, so we’re speaking not directly with them, so it isn’t essentially the easiest way to barter, however on this specific scenario I’m speaking to terrorist teams, so if the president allowed me to try this, I won’t have allowed it. It’s a greater, extra aggressive and constructive method for the individuals of Gaza, which results in long-term sturdy peace.
Details of an unique interview with Breitbart News at Witkoff’s White House are approaching.