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    For New U.S. Mideast Peace Envoy, It Will Be A Long Road To 'Ultimate Deal'

    For years, Jason Greenblatt was chief legal officer at the Trump Organization. Now his job is to help bring peace to the Middle East. His closeness to Trump may help, but it's no guarantee of success.
    by Daniel Estrin Jul 23, 2017 4 minutes
    Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets President Trump's Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt in Jerusalem on June 21. / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images

    Jason Greenblatt was the chief legal officer at the Trump Organization. Now President Trump has tapped him to help end the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    It's a job that has become even harder in the past several days, with a new eruption of violence: Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel fatally shooting Israeli police at an important holy site; three Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli forces; three Israelis stabbed to death in their home by a young Palestinian.

    There have been many U.S. peace envoys before him. But Greenblatt is doing things differently.

    For one, he's engaging in Twitter diplomacy — offering a

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