The Kraus Report

Exclusive: The Mediator Of The Ceasefire-Hostage Negotiations


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Bishara Bahbah is the unofficial US mediator on the negotiation talks for a ceasefire-hostage deal, who is acting on behalf of Steve Witkoff - in other words, he is the back channel for the US to deliver messages to Hamas. The mediator between President Trump and Hamas. He successfully helped to get a deal to release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, while communicating directly with Hamas. He is an American-Palestinian. In the Middle of the interview, he got a phone call from Hamas.

In an exclusive interview, after months of silence, Bahbah speaks with The Kraus Report and Channel 13 about the latest round of negotiations, his work under Witkoff, takes us to behind the scenes of how Edan Alexander was released, and how he became involved – after Soha Arafat, the late wife of Yasser Arafat, reached out to him.


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The Kraus ReportBy Neria Kraus