Steve Witkoff: “He did not have approval to talk directly to us on the…”

“In other words, be speaking through an interlocutor who would then pass messages. And if you're, if you're there to make a deal, that's just not a format that works. We needed to. He did not have approval to talk directly to us on the telephone. Texting maybe, but this was something that, if it was going to be settled, would have required round the clock activity.” (04:20–04:24)

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