We have a major meeting at the White House tomorrow, under the leadership of the president, and it is a very comprehensive plan that we will develop, says Witkoff in a Tuesday interview with Fox News.
He does not go into any details about what the meeting or the plans contain, but claims that they would be positive for the area.
People will see how robust and well-meaning they are.
Before the end of the year?
The White House has not communicated details about the meeting, but The Guardian reports that Foreign Minister Marco Rubio meets his Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar in Washington DC at 21.15 Swedish time.
Israeli media reproduce large parts of the interview with Steve Witkoff and emphasize, among other things, that he said that the US does not want to see agreements that do not include the entire remaining hostage that the terrorist-stamped Hamas, which rules in Gaza, holds.
The envoy says at the same time that Hamas is open to an agreement and that he believes the war will be over by 2026.
We believe that we will reach an agreement in one way or another, with all certainty before the end of the year.
Want to create a "riviera"
Trump has previously spoken about what Gaza may look like after the war that is now raging between Israel and Hamas.
After a meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in February, he said that the US could take over the area and turn it into the "Middle East's riviera". The more than two million inhabitants would thus be forced to move.
In the spring, AP published source information that the US and Israel had contacted Sudan, Somalia, and the breakaway state of Somaliland in the hope of relocating displaced Palestinians there.
Such a plan and an American takeover have been condemned as morally and legally reprehensible from several quarters and criticized by several world leaders.
