Official: Witkoff-Dermer meeting ‘uneasy,’ US envoy growing impatient with Israel

By Lazar Berman

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29 May 2025, 1:03 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

White House special envoy Steve Witkoff speaks with journalists after a signing ceremony between President Donald Trump and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Amiri Diwan in Doha, Qatar, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/ Alex Brandon)

The Washington meeting between Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Iran and Hamas hostages earlier this week was “uneasy,” an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel.

Witkoff is getting impatient with Israel, especially around the “drama,” says the official.

The official points to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s video on Monday in which he said he hoped to make an announcement regarding hostages held in Gaza “today or tomorrow.”