Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff's extended 60 Minutes interview
Unconventional Diplomacy: How Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff Brokers the Israel-Hamas Agreement
Discover the high-stakes, relationship-centric negotiation tactics—including leveraging executive authority and managing pivotal crises—that secured the complex Israel-Hamas deal. Learn how this team prioritized pragmatic outcomes over traditional diplomatic posturing.
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- Front-load saving lives by focusing efforts on humanitarian aid coordination and deconlicting field operations.
- Leverage direct relationships with high-level regional leaders, translating experience into trust, which bypassed traditional diplomatic friction.
- Pivot the negotiation narrative forcefully after a hostile strike by aligning the Arab world against Hamas globally while securing Israeli compliance.
- Phase Two focuses heavily on complex governance, establishing an international stabilization force, and managing Hamas disarmament simultaneously.
This analysis details the deal brokering process through the eyes of Kushner and Witkoff, emphasizing President Trump’s delegation of authority. They reveal how pragmatic realism, coupled with an ability to take calculated risks immediately following major setbacks like the Doha compound bombing, drove the negotiations forward. The resulting document provides critical insight into structuring fragile agreements where mutual trust is initially absent.
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Top Comments (10)
Leslie is an example of why I haven't watched 60 minutes in over 30 years.
LESLIE LESLIE LESLIE… I don’t have a problem you asking the hard questions I just wished you were this intense in the past four years.
Leslie was having a tough time interviewing these Trump reps who she considers the enemy. But Jared and Steve knew exactly what she and her team were up to and didn’t flinch.
REMEMBER GUY'S LESLEI ASKED TO BIDEN WHAT KIND OF ICE CREAM FLAVOUR HE LIKES 😂😂😂😂😂😂
SO, THERE IS A MASTER PLAN! Thanks, Witkoff, for being so stupidly honest and giving the game away.
why does 60 minutes feel like youre going back in time and watching tv from the 90s
So the master plan has been under preparation for two years??????? Very good point
35:25 Jared visibly freaks out and immediately speaks up and changes topic
Masterplan? 2 years ago? No wonder Kushner is panicking
I think they realized they said to much. They looked nervous as hell when the "master plan" was mentioned.
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Top Comments (10)
Leslie is an example of why I haven't watched 60 minutes in over 30 years.
LESLIE LESLIE LESLIE… I don’t have a problem you asking the hard questions I just wished you were this intense in the past four years.
Leslie was having a tough time interviewing these Trump reps who she considers the enemy. But Jared and Steve knew exactly what she and her team were up to and didn’t flinch.
REMEMBER GUY'S LESLEI ASKED TO BIDEN WHAT KIND OF ICE CREAM FLAVOUR HE LIKES 😂😂😂😂😂😂
SO, THERE IS A MASTER PLAN! Thanks, Witkoff, for being so stupidly honest and giving the game away.
why does 60 minutes feel like youre going back in time and watching tv from the 90s
So the master plan has been under preparation for two years??????? Very good point
35:25 Jared visibly freaks out and immediately speaks up and changes topic
Masterplan? 2 years ago? No wonder Kushner is panicking
I think they realized they said to much. They looked nervous as hell when the "master plan" was mentioned.