Urgent Axius: Adam Bouhler is withdrawing his candidacy for the position of Trump’s hostage envoy

“Axius” revealed that Adam Bouhler, who supervised unprecedented direct negotiations with Hamas on behalf of US President Donald Trump, pulled his candidacy for the position of special presidential envoy for hostages, according to White House officials.

A senior Trump administration official said that this step was planned two weeks ago, and the aim was to transfer Bouhler to the position of a presidential envoy with broader powers, without the need for the approval of the Senate.

Bouhler was the axis of a media storm and a political storm since the Axius website revealed his direct meeting with Hamas officials, which made him the first American official to do so ever.

Despite Trump’s approval of these talks, it has angered some Republican Senators, some of whom sparked the issue in particular with the White House.

This could have been difficult to approve the appointment.

“News Nation” was the first to refer to the news of Bouhler’s decision.

Axius reported that Bouhler held two meetings with senior Hamas officials in Doha to negotiate the release of American hostages held by the movement in Gaza.

The talks between Bouhler and Hamas were very angry at the Israeli Prime Minister’s office, including an angry phone call with Ron Dermer, who is close to Netanyahu.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio said earlier this week that Bouhler’s negotiations with Hamas were “just an individual meeting”, confirming that Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Whitchov, is the main channel of negotiations on the Gaza prisoners deal. Rubio added that he is negotiating through Qatari brokers, and not in direct talks with Hamas.

Adam Bouhler will continue to serve President Trump as a private government employee who focuses on prisoners’ negotiations, Caroline Levit, the White House press secretary, told Axios.

According to Axius, Adam played a decisive role in negotiating the return of Mark Vogel from Russia.