Trump taps Adam Boehler, who helped negotiate Abraham Accords, as special envoy for hostage affairs

By Jacob Magid

You will receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences on your profile page

You will no longer receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences on your profile page

4 December 2024, 6:45 pm

1 Edit

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Illustrative: US President Donald Trump listens as Adam Boehler, CEO of US International Development Finance Corporation, speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon/File)

US President-elect Donald Trump announces his appointment of Adam Boehler as his special envoy for hostage affairs.

Currently CEO of the healthcare investment firm Rubicon Founders, Boehler was involved in the negotiations of the Abraham Accords and helped lead US talks with the Taliban during Trump’s previous administration during which he served as CEO of the US International Development Finance Corp, a new federal agency created during that term.

The appointment comes two days after Trump issued a warning of “all hell to pay” for those holding hostages in the Middle East if they aren’t released by the time he enters office on January 20.