Three real estate developers closed the deal for a Gaza ceasefire

Two real estate developers turned advisers to President Donald Trump’s second presidential administration helped close the landmark ceasefire agreement between the State of Israel and Hamas. Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law who served in his first administration, played key roles in brokering the deal with Benjamin Netanyahu’s government this week, according to The New York Times. “In New York real estate, you’re always negotiating back and forth,” Kushner said of the deal. “But there’s a lot to be negotiated before you get the contract and you put money up hard. […] This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.