Steve Witkoff has dismissed media reports that he plans to step down as \u201claughable nonsense\u201d<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has dismissed rumors that he could resign as \u201cfake news,\u201d stating he is now more engaged with the Middle East peace process than ever before.
\nHe was reacting to a piece published by the UK-based Middle East Eye (MEE) on Tuesday. It claimed, citing anonymous sources, that Witkoff was about to go back to his private business following months of \u201cgrueling\u201d diplomacy that preceded the Gaza peace deal put forward by Trump.
\n\u201cThis story is 100% Fake News and should be immediately retracted,\u201d Witkoff said in a post on X on Wednesday, calling the report \u201claughable nonsense\u201d and expressing his determination to continue working with the Trump administration.
\nWitkoff played an active role in securing a hostage exchange and a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The US and Israeli media reported earlier this week that he and Jared Kushner met directly with senior Hamas officials in Egypt to seal the deal.<\/p>\n
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In its Tuesday report, MEE said that the special envoy himself had vowed to remain engaged in the peace process during the implementation of Trump\u2019s 20-point plan.
\n\u201cSo we\u2019re dug in. We\u2019ll be here quite a bit. That\u2019s at the direction of the president,\u201d Witkoff said on Monday, on the sidelines of the Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, attended by Trump and dozens of world leaders.
\nRussian President Vladimir Putin has previously praised the role Witkoff played in facilitating dialogue between Moscow and Washington on the Ukraine conflict.
\nThe special envoy \u201caccurately conveys both Moscow\u2019s and Washington\u2019s positions\u201d and represents \u201cthe position of the American president himself\u201d Putin said, responding to criticism he said could only come from those \u201cnot in favor\u201d of the Trump administration\u2019s approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Steve Witkoff has dismissed media reports that he plans to step down as \u201claughable nonsense\u201d US President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has dismissed rumors that he could resign…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-environment","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t