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Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-5-18-25-special-envoy-steve/story?id=121890828
U.S. Envoy Witkoff: We Cannot Allow the Iranians an Enrichment Capability
(ABC News-Jerusalem Post) Jonathan Karl - U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday regarding the negotiations with Iran: "We have one very, very clear red line, and that is enrichment. We cannot allow even 1 percent of an enrichment capability....Everything begins from our standpoint with a deal that does not include enrichment. We cannot have that. Because enrichment enables weaponization, and we will not allow a bomb to get here." "Everyone is concerned about the humanitarian conditions in Gaza....Logistically, I don't think there's any daylight between President Trump's position and Prime Minister Netanyahu's position....There are many initiatives that we are working on to address this. There are going to be mobile kitchens that are going to be sent in there. We have trucks with flour waiting at the border. The Israelis have indicated that they're going to begin to allow a lot more of these trucks to get in." U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Monday, "There is no doubt that the Iran deal Trump is planning will include 'no enrichment.'"