Trump and the Middle East OCT 21, 2025
‘60 Minutes’ of misplaced schadenfreude
Never mind the nonsense. What’s important is that Trump hasn’t wavered from his backing of Israel and tough stance against Hamas
Israeli oppositionists have been gloating over an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” with U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner—two key architects of the Gaza hostage-release-ceasefire deal.
The interview, aired in full on Sunday evening (early Monday morning, Israel time) was conducted by Lesley Stahl.
Asked about Israel’s Sept. 9 surprise strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar, Witkoff replied, “We woke up the next morning to find out that there had been this attack.”
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