The concern even extends to Saudi Arabia where “people are worried about [the] young population and how they’re looking at [the Gaza war], which is why we’ve got to solve Gaza,” the Trump envoy argued.

“If we solve Gaza… then Saudi can normalize,” Wiktoff said.

Riyadh has repeatedly insisted, though, that it will not normalize relations with Israel absent Jerusalem agreeing to a credible, irreversible pathway to a Palestinian state, which Netanyahu has long rejected.

Still, Witkoff said, “We’re going to be announcing several new countries who are joining,” and separately claimed that Lebanon and Syria are potential candidates.

“The indications are that Jolani is a different person than he once was,” he argued, referring to Syria’s interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa by the nom de guerre he held as a senior al-Qaeda operative. “So maybe Jolani in Syria is a different guy. They’ve driven Iran out.”

As for Turkey Trump “had a great conversation with Erdogan a couple of days ago — really transformational,” he continued.
“There’s a lot of positive news coming out of Turkey right now as a result of that conversation. You’ll see that in the reporting in the coming days.”