Janet Levy: Adam Boehler, Trump’s appointed U.S. Envoy for Hostages, has been conducting direct negotiations with Hamas in Qatar since February to secure the release of the remaining hostages. The meetings have occurred behind Israel’s back after Israel dissented to such discussions.
Ambassador Boehler has characterized the Hamas representatives he has met with as “pretty nice guys.”
When Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, expressed concern over the clandestine meetings, Boehler responded, “Look, they don’t have horns growing out of their head. They’re actually guys like us.” (Do “guys like us” take hostages – babies, children, women, etc. to assault, rape, torture and murder?)In discussing the negotiations, Boehler appallingly stated, “There is enough there to make a deal between what Hamas wants and what they’ve accepted, and what Israel wants and it’s accepted.” (Why should the United States of America give a hot damn about what a Muslim Brotherhood Islamic terrorist group (that has murdered people all over the world) wants?)
Boehler was one of Jared Kushner’s college roommates. They worked together coordinating tests for the COVID-19 plandemic. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Council
Witkoff aims for release of 10 hostages in exchange for 2 month ceasefire
Adam Boehler, Jared Kushner and Kersti Kaljulaid By Office of the CEO of USDFC – , Public Domain, Photo Cropped
Israel’s leadership was “surprised” by comments from U.S. hostage envoy Adam Boehler that the U.S. is not “an agent of Israel,” an Israeli source told The Times of Israel on Sunday evening.
This followed Israeli criticism of direct talks between the Trump administration and Hamas over a ceasefire extension, about which Israel had not been informed beforehand.
Speaking on CNN, Boehler, who led the talks, showed understanding for Israel’s concerns. Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer reportedly “lashed out” at Boehler over the separate negotiations last week, a source told the Times of Israel.
“I understand the consternation and the concern. I wasn’t upset,” he said of the conversation with Dermer. “At the same time, we’re the United States. We’re not an agent of Israel. We have specific interests at play.”
However, he added that he had put Dermer “at ease” after convincing him “that I wouldn’t go off the rails.”
“Israel is our best ally,” Boehler stressed.
Last Thursday, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, acknowledged that freeing kidnapped American-Israeli IDF soldier Edan Alexander and the bodies of four other American hostages was the priority of the talks, but added he was working to free all of the remaining hostages in Gaza.
Boehler stressed on Sunday that “dialogue doesn’t mean giving things,” and said that Israel was kept informed about the talks. President Trump wants to “bring everybody home,” he reiterated.
Israel has confirmed that the talks between Boehler and senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya, who was involved in planning the October 7 massacre, had led to some progress.
An Israeli delegation is expected to arrive in Doha on Monday for negotiations, with its mandate set to be determined in a cabinet discussion on Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, Witkoff is scheduled to return to the region on Tuesday, with the initial focus of the talks being the definition of a negotiation framework.
The U.S. reportedly aims for the release of ten living hostages, including Alexander, in exchange for a two-month extension of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the resumption of humanitarian aid.
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