Jan 17, 2025 · The negotiations that led to the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement took months and months. At the center of the talks representing the United States was Brett McGurk, the White House coordinator...

Jan 15, 2025 · McGurk has been a fixture in U.S. Mideast policy for more than two decades in the National Security Council and White House under both Democratic and Republican administrations. He’s shuttled frequently to the Middle East for talks with senior officials about the conflicts with Hamas and Hezbollah.

Jan 17, 2025 · Lead U.S. Negotiator on the Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Brett McGurk tells CNN’s Wolf Blitzer he formed a “very close partnership, even friendship” with President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle...

Jan 9, 2025 · The negotiations that led to the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement took months and months. At the center of the talks representing the United States was Brett McGurk, the White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa. He joined Amna Nawaz to …

Jan 17, 2025 · Still, wide gaps between Hamas and Israel remained. Shortly before Christmas, with just weeks left in the Biden presidency, Mr. McGurk returned despondently from a trip to Doha.

Nov 21, 2023 · Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu grabbed Brett McGurk’s arm as he walked out of a tense meeting of the Israeli Cabinet over securing the release of hostages Hamas was holding in Gaza.

Jan 19, 2025 · As the first three Israeli hostages held by Hamas were released to the Red Cross, Brett McGurk, the White House National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, tells...

Nov 22, 2023 · NPR's Michel Martin talks to Brett McGurk, White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, about the deal with Israel and Hamas for a pause in fighting and the release of hostages.

Jan 15, 2025 · Both Biden's envoy Brett McGurk and Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, for example, were in Doha as the talks reached the finish line.

The negotiations that led to the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement took months and months. At the center of the talks representing the United States was Brett McGurk, the White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa.