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Jason D. Greenblatt

Jason D. Greenblatt was the White House Middle East envoy in the first Trump administration. He is the author of In the Path of Abraham: How Donald Trump Made Peace in the Middle East—and How to Stop Joe Biden From Unmaking It; the founder of Abraham Venture LLC; and publishes on Substack “How to Watch a War” and “How to Watch Trump.” Follow him on X: @GreenblattJD.

Wedding, Breaking the Glass
Opinion
A graduation, a wedding and my mother’s earrings
Older generations watch younger ones with a particular expression, a little heartbroken at how fast it all moves. They carry with them everything that the Jewish people have lost, and everything that has been built in its place.
May 27, 2026
Jason D. Greenblatt
Social Media Buttons to Push
Opinion
When the online mob comes calling ...
The left, and increasingly the right mimicking it, has discovered that debates can be won not through better arguments, but by making the cost of opposition unbearable.
July 29, 2025
Jason D. Greenblatt
U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff arrives for a press conference with the US president and Israel's prime minister in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4, 2025. Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images.
Opinion
Steve Witkoff understands diplomacy usually requires patience, engagement
Those attacking the special envoy are, by extension, questioning the strategy of a president who has done more to help Israel than any other in memory and achieved unprecedented Middle East breakthroughs.
March 28, 2025
Jason D. Greenblatt