Jake Sullivan

Sullivan credits Trump for Gaza deal, urges focus on making it stick

Former US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan credited President Donald Trump while citing the need for caution despite success

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump attends an event to sign an executive order authorizing the construction of an access road to the Ambler mining district in Alaska, at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, October 6, 2025.
Former U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan answers questions during the daily press briefing at the White House, May 13, 2024 in Washington, DC

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UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles ride along a street in Marjaayoun, Southern Lebanon January 20, 2025.

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 Jake Sullivan meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, December 12, 2024

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White House: Gaza hostage deal hinges now on Hamas, ball is in their court

Such a deal “is in the national security interest of the United States. And we're going to press for it relentlessly," US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said.

 A Hamas terrorist stands in front of a picture of the group's top leader Ismail Haniyeh during his visit at Ain el Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon, Lebanon September 6, 2020

A new vision is needed to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - opinion

If world leaders, including Israeli and Palestinian leaders, truly want an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, they need to stop focusing on old ideas that expired a long time ago.

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU walks in front of a poster of Menachem Begin at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.

Sullivan: Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza will take time, is phased

Sullivan clarified that “Israel doesn’t have a long-term plan to occupy Gaza - and that ultimately the control of Gaza has to transition to the Palestinians.”

 White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan takes questions during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 10, 2023.

US: Hezbollah's threat against Israel best dealt with through diplomacy

Jake Sullivan stressed that deterrence is an important element of the kind of diplomacy needed to bring security to north.

 US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 15, 2023.

Mossad Chief Barnea meets with US National Security Advisor Sullivan

There has been no order preventing Barnea or the Mossad from returning to Qatar to restart hostage negotiations.

 Mossad Director David Barnea speaks during a Conference of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), in Tel Aviv, on September 10, 2023.

Top Biden adviser to meet Palestinians' Abbas on Friday

Jake Sullivan and Mahmoud Abbas will reportedly discuss "ongoing efforts to revamp and revitalize" the Palestinian Authority and holding "extremist" settlers accountable for violence.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

'Sinwar's days are numbered,' says senior US official

The comments come as US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan visits Israel during his latest trip to the Middle East.

YAHYA SINWAR, leader of Hamas in Gaza, gestures on stage during a rally in Gaza City on May 24