President Donald Trump urged Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, saying that it would unite the country. 
In a letter to Herzog, Trump said that he believes that the case against Netanyahu is politically motivated and “unjustified.” Netanyahu has been charged with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in three different cases, accusations he has strongly denied. 
Trump said that a pardon for Netanyahu would help the country focus on maintaining peace in the region now that a ceasefire with Hamas has been agreed to. 
“As the Great State of Israel and the amazing Jewish People move past the terribly difficult times of the last three years, I hereby call on you to fully pardon Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been a formidable decisive War Time Prime Minister, and is now leading Israel into a time of peace, which includes my continued work with key Middle East leaders to add many additional countries to the world changing Abraham Accords.” 
Trump also said that the case against Netanyahu was without merit. 
“Prime Minister Netanyahu has stood tall for Israel in the face of strong adversaries and long odds, and his attention cannot be unnecessarily diverted,” Trump wrote. “While I absolutely respect the independence of the Israeli Justice System, and its requirements, I believe that this ‘case’ against Bibi, who has fought alongside me for a long time, including against the very tough adversary of Israel, Iran, is a political, unjustified prosecution.”
“It is time to let Bibi unite Israel by pardoning him, and ending that lawfare once and for all,” Trump added. 
Herzog’s office responded to Trump’s letter, thanking him for his support, and said that Netanyahu must request a pardon for it to be considered. 
“The President of Israel holds President Trump in high regard and continues to express his appreciation for Trump’s unwavering support for Israel and his major contributions to the release of hostages, reshaping the Middle East and Gaza, and safeguarding Israel’s security,” Herzog&#8217;s office said.
&#8220;That said, as the president has repeatedly clarified, anyone seeking a pardon must submit a formal request in accordance with established procedures,” it added. 
In a speech to Israel’s Knesset in October after brokering a ceasefire deal in Gaza, Trump called for Netanyahu to be pardoned and had previously called for the trial to be cancelled.

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Unless you spend time in Israel, you can&#8217;t really understand the intensity of the feeling around the hostages taken by Hamas.
I think that most other countries look at this sort of situation and think, “Okay, you have a terrorist group that took hostages. Are you really willing to go house to house for two years instead of just bombing the place in order to get those hostages out? Are you really willing to sacrifice hundreds of soldiers in order to protect hostages and try to save those hostages?”
The answer in Israel is yes. 
And this has been the scimitar hanging over the head of the Israelis. 
Since the very beginning of the war, Israel has had to stop and start the war half a dozen times. Israel has had to take measures that no sane country would have to take in order to try and ensure the safety of its hostages. Israel has had to move slowly and meticulously and risk the hatred of the world in order for those hostages to get out. 
Somehow, the president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was able to put together a deal in which the 20 living hostages came out all at once on Monday morning.
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They were able to do that without allowing Hamas to fully reconstitute, while Israel is still present in 53% of the Gaza Strip.  Right now, the situation on the ground in Gaza is that Hamas is having firefights with a bunch of local militia groups over who is going to control Gaza next.
In the end, there will have to be some sort of heavy hand put on the remnants of Hamas, whether that happens from an international group in the way President Trump has discussed, or whether it happens via the IDF. We don&#8217;t know the answer to that yet.
 But what we do know is that Israel&#8217;s long national nightmare with regard to these hostages is now effectively over, because all 20 of them came out on Monday.
That is an extraordinary credit to President Trump and his team. And it catalyzed unbridled joy felt by all Israelis and Jews and good-hearted people everywhere — including the President of the United States —  over the return of the hostages. The Israelis thanked President Trump as he deserves to be thanked, putting out a gigantic display on the beach in Tel Aviv so President Trump would see it as Air Force One was flying into Ben-Gurion Airport.
In my synagogue, we have been saying a special prayer for the hostages every single day since the beginning of the war. It&#8217;s why you see all these yellow ribbons everywhere in Israel.
 When Jared Kushner thanked President Trump in Tel Aviv, the crowd went nuts. In Israel, the Trump administration has a 97% approval rating. There is no one in Israel — with very rare exceptions, typically from the radical Arab parties — that does not love President Trump.
Israelis have an overwhelming love for Donald Trump. It&#8217;s extraordinary. There were scores of standing ovations for President Trump in the Israeli parliament today. Even the leftists in Israel who don&#8217;t like President Trump love President Trump today.
When the Israel-Hamas war began, Israel was not just threatened from the Gaza Strip, where 1,200 Jews were murdered and roughly 250 were taken hostage into the Gaza Strip; Israel was threatened on its northern border by Hezbollah in Lebanon, a massively powerful terrorist group funded by Iran, run by Hassan Nasrallah. Syria was an ally of Hezbollah. Iran was threatening nuclear development. There was terrorism brewing in Judea and Samaria, the so-called West Bank.
But by the end of this war, Israel stands in a strong military posture with regard to the Gaza Strip, having completely destroyed every member of the upper echelon of Hamas. They killed Hassan Nasrallah and destroyed Hezbollah&#8217;s rocket capacity with an extraordinarily creative military action, including that famous beeper attack. They hit so hard that the Assad regime fell, thanks to the predations of Turkey pushing into power in Syria. And then Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, which involved the attacks on the Iranian nuclear facilities, capped off by President Trump&#8217;s attacks with B-2 bombers.
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It&#8217;s been an astonishing turnabout. Without that happening, the hostages don&#8217;t come out because Hamas would have had that support level. By the way, the hostages probably don&#8217;t come out unless Israel also tries to take out the Hamas leadership in Qatar, sending the signals to Qatar that either they start to play ball or things might start happening in their country as well.
Whatever the rationale, the hostages coming home is an extraordinarily historic moment, a truly historic moment.
 President Trump has now transformed the region into a place where a lasting peace could be on the way, beginning with the Abraham Accords in his first term. And now, thanks to the penetration of Hamas, the complete hammering of Hezbollah, the killing of its leadership, and the destruction or massive setbacks to the Iranian nuclear facilities. 
In a truly moving and introspective moment, President Trump said, “I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s anything going to get me in heaven. I think I&#8217;m not maybe heaven-bound. … I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;m going to be able to make heaven, but I&#8217;ve made life a lot better for a lot of people.”
President Trump wants to be someone who does good for people. With all of the riffing and the comedy that he does, in the end, he wants to be thought of as someone who did good for people. 
And he does. He does it continually. 
That is why he is a unique force.
And all of Israel sees him for the hero that he is.

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President Donald Trump left for Israel on Sunday to celebrate the deal he&#8217;d brokered just days earlier between Israel and Hamas, the terrorist group responsible for the brutal massacre on October 7, 2023. In the days since the agreement was reached, the litmus test has been a simple one: who is willing to give Trump credit for the work he&#8217;s done — and who isn&#8217;t?
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
While there were some on both sides of the political aisle who were willing to acknowledge Trump&#8217;s role in securing a deal to bring the hostages home and ultimately end the war entirely, others tried to qualify his success — or even omit him from the conversation.
Vice President JD Vance, of course, was firmly in Trump&#8217;s corner as he made the rounds on the Sunday morning shows. On ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; he spoke with anchor George Stephanopoulos about phase one of the deal and the return of the last remaining hostages held in Gaza.
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Vice President JD Vance confirmed to <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ThisWeekABC</a> anchor George Stephanopoulos that Hamas has said they are holding 20 living hostages, and that those hostages are expected to be released in the next 24 hours. <a href="https://t.co/UfEwC9T1VW">https://t.co/UfEwC9T1VW</a> <a href="https://t.co/m2YM0mFINZ">pic.twitter.com/m2YM0mFINZ</a>
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Vance took a similar tone with &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; host Margaret Brennan on CBS, telling her, &#8220;The president is actually traveling to the Middle East, likely this evening, in order to meet them and greet them in person. It&#8217;s a big day for their families, but I think more importantly, it&#8217;s a big day for the entire world.&#8221;
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Vice President JD Vance says he is “very confident” the Israeli hostages will be released by Monday’s deadline.
“The president is actually traveling to the Middle East, likely this evening, in order to meet them and greet them in person. It&#8217;s a big day for their families, but I… <a href="https://t.co/GHr02lZ1z6">pic.twitter.com/GHr02lZ1z6</a>
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty also spoke to Brennan and expressed confidence in Trump&#8217;s deal. &#8220;We are very hopeful that the first phase will be completed in all honesty,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We are in full contact with the Palestinians, with Hamas, because it’s all about, of course, releasing the hostages and for Israel, releasing some of the Palestinian detainees.&#8221;
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty says Egypt is “confident the first phase of the Trump peace plan will be implemented,” telling <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@margbrennan</a> “we are very hopeful that the first phase will be completed in all honesty” from Israel and Hamas.
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Senator Chris Murphy, however, couldn&#8217;t bring himself to directly credit Trump with the win — even when asked point blank by Brennan whether the deal marked something upon which he could agree with the president.
&#8220;I congratulate the negotiators on getting this done. There&#8217;s no politics about this moment,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But you watch those devastating images of what Gaza looks like today, and it&#8217;s both heartbreaking and infuriating that this deal has been on the table for over a year. So again, this will be a good week, but as you have reported, there are big issues to come. Israel is not fully pulling out of Gaza. There is no clear path forward on what the security and governance force is going to look like inside that country.&#8221;
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In reaction to the first phase of the peace deal between Israel and Hamas, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) says “I congratulate the negotiators on getting this done. There&#8217;s no politics about this moment.”
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CNN anchor Dana Bash also asked her guests whether Trump deserved some credit for securing the deal. Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-worked-this-out-senate-dem-admits-trump-deserves-a-lot-of-credit-for-gaza-deal">Mark Kelly</a> (D-AZ) told her that Trump &#8220;should get a lot of credit&#8221; for making it happen.
&#8220;I think he should get a lot of credit. I mean, this was his deal,” Kelly replied. “He worked this out. He sent [Middle East Envoy] Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner over to negotiate this. And so far, it’s gone well. Hopefully, the hostages get released here — might not be within 24 hours — but certainly, I think, by Monday. And that’s progress. And now we’re going to have to see what happens next.&#8221;
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Sen. Mark Kelly on ceasefire deal in Gaza: I think Trump &#8220;should get a lot of credit.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/iFopebsXTI">pic.twitter.com/iFopebsXTI</a>
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Former President Joe Biden&#8217;s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan was also quick to agree that Trump had earned credit by securing the ceasefire. Bash recalled Kelly&#8217;s interview and asked Sullivan whether he agreed that Trump should be lauded for getting the deal across the finish line. &#8220;Of course he does,&#8221; Sullivan said.
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CNN guest Jamal Simmons attempted to split the baby, qualifying Trump&#8217;s success: &#8220;The problem that we see is, on one side is Donald Trump solving or doing a great job in bringing people together around the world around some of these peace issues, while at the same time dividing people at home.&#8221;
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Even former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-snubs-trump-over-israel-hamas-peace-deal">Barack Obama</a> took some heat for praising the deal without even acknowledging who had brought it about.

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The last 20 living hostages in Gaza were freed on Monday morning, bringing an end to the 737 days of hell they endured in Hamas’ dark terror tunnels.
As part of the first phase of President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan, the hostages were escorted out of Gaza by the Red Cross, transferred to the Israel Defense Forces, and reunited with their families.
Prior to being released, Hamas allowed some of the hostages to video call their families as their masked terrorists stood close by or <a href="https://x.com/avivaklompas/status/1977636413316411610?s=46&amp;t=ghpHusspWPjTMisXwpsMaA">in the frame</a>.
Upon arriving in Israel, freed hostages underwent a medical and psychosocial evaluation before reuniting with their families. Videos of the emotional reunions show the hostages embracing their loved ones.
Prior to the release, many Israelis stayed up all night, eagerly awaiting the return of the hostages.
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The twenty released include 11 men kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival: Elkana Bohbot, 35; Rom Braslavski, 22; Evyatar David, 24; Guy Gilboa-Dalal, 23; Maxim Herkin, 35; Segev Kalfon, 27; Bar Abraham Kupershtein, 22; Eitan Abraham Mor, 23; Yosef-Chaim Ohana, 25; Alon Ohel, 24; and Avinatan Or, 32.
From Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Gali Berman, 27, and Ziv Berman, 27, were freed. From Kibbutz Nir Oz, the released include David Cunio, 35; Ariel Cunio, 28; Eitan Horn, 38; and Matan Zangauker, 25.
Also released were Omri Miran, 47, who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Matan Angrest, 22, who was kidnapped from the Nahal Oz outpost, and Nimrod Cohen, 21, who was kidnapped near the Gaza border.
Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were set to address the Israeli Knesset following the successful return.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas abducted 251 people from Israel, including children, women, and elderly people. A total of 168 returned home alive, and the bodies of 58 others have returned home so far.
Many of the hostages who have returned <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israeli-hostages-reveal-harrowing-conditions-of-starvation-and-exploitation-upon-return-home">have testified</a> that they were held for long periods in dark tunnels and subjected to torture, severe starvation, and physical and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sadistic-humiliation-mutilation-and-gang-rape-were-part-of-hamas-strategy-israeli-report-shows">sexual abuse</a>.
Under the deal, Hamas is supposed to begin returning the bodies of the remaining deceased hostages, though reports indicate that some may be difficult to locate. A joint Israeli-U.S.-Qatari-Egyptian task force will be established to find any missing remains, with the goal of recovering all of them within 72 hours of the release of the living hostages, <a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-869940#google_vignette">The Jerusalem Post reported</a>.
In exchange for the hostages, Israel agreed to release 250 security prisoners — including some convicted of murder — along with 1,722 Gazans detained during the war. Of the 250 prisoners, 15 will be released in Jerusalem, 100 in the West Bank, and 135 will be deported to Gaza or abroad. Israel reportedly warned Palestinians in Judea and Samaria, also known as the West Bank, not to celebrate the release of Palestinian prisoners as part of the peace deal.
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According to Israeli media reports, Israeli authorities distributed fliers in neighborhoods where prisoners’ families live, stating that &#8220;anyone who participates in such activities exposes himself to punishment and arrest.&#8221;

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On Saturday, Israeli citizens packed the streets of what&#8217;s been dubbed &#8220;Hostage Square&#8221; in Tel Aviv, showing their gratitude for President Donald Trump, who brokered a peace deal to end Israel’s two-year war in Gaza and release Israeli hostages.
Those in attendance repeatedly chanted &#8220;Thank you, Trump,&#8221; wore &#8220;MAGA&#8221; apparel, and even held a massive banner that called for the president to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Speaking to CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, the network&#8217;s international correspondent Clarissa Ward said she heard &#8220;endless applause for President Trump.&#8221; Blitzer noted many people were wearing &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; hats.
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&#8220;Endless applause for President Trump.&#8221;
&#8220;I even saw people wearing Make America Great Again hats in that crowd over at Hostage Square.&#8221;
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The crowd was addressed by United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, as well as Jared Kushner, who&#8217;s been acting as an informal adviser on Middle East policy, and Trump&#8217;s daughter Ivanka Trump.
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&#8220;May God bless the souls of the fallen. May God bless the hostages and their families as they return home,&#8221; Witkoff told the crowd. &#8220;May God bless the state of Israel. May God bless the United States of America. And may God bless Donald J. Trump, the greatest president the world has ever seen.&#8221;
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&#8220;May God bless the souls of the fallen. May God bless the hostages and their families&#8230; May God bless the state of Israel. May God bless the United States,&#8221; says <a href="https://twitter.com/SEPeaceMissions?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SEPeaceMissions</a>.
&#8220;And may God bless Donald J. Trump — the greatest President the world has ever seen.&#8221; 💙 <a href="https://t.co/vp5sMCQJs8">pic.twitter.com/vp5sMCQJs8</a>
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Kushner, who&#8217;s said to have <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/international/5549996-kushner-trump-peace-deal/">played a major role</a> in negotiating the peace agreement, told the crowd he was heartbroken over the October 7 attack and proud of Israel for remaining true to its values in response.
“I put Jared there because he’s a very smart person and he knows the region, knows the people, knows a lot of the players,” Trump <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/international/5549996-kushner-trump-peace-deal/">said</a> earlier this week, addressing his son-in-law&#8217;s impactful role.
As Kushner spoke, folks in the Hostage Square chanted, &#8220;Thank you, Trump.&#8221;
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“Thank you President <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> for your commitment to bring this horrible conflict to an end.” <a href="https://t.co/gSGXzLEyc0">pic.twitter.com/gSGXzLEyc0</a>
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Ivanka told the crowd that her father always stands with the people of Israel, again to applause and chants of &#8220;Thank you, Trump.&#8221;
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Cheers of &#8220;THANK YOU, TRUMP!&#8221; ring out in Tel Aviv as <a href="https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IvankaTrump</a> addresses the crowd eagerly awaiting the hostages to finally come home ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/1bRGiGhIOM">pic.twitter.com/1bRGiGhIOM</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1977073322392277357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
Remaining Israeli hostages are expected to be released by Monday.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-breaks-down-trumps-extraordinary-israel-hamas-peace-deal-and-what-comes-next">Ben Shapiro Breaks Down Trump’s ‘Extraordinary’ Israel-Hamas Peace Deal And What Comes Next</a>

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Chants Of ‘Thank You, Trump’ And Calls For Nobel Peace Prize Erupt At Israel’s Hostage Square

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It is, in fact, possible to win wars.
I have spent my entire life watching the United States and the West lose wars, or at least not win wars. Initial victory, followed by gradual defeat or bizarre interventionism without the full force, weight, and commitment necessary to carry it through.
What President Trump is demonstrating, however, along with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Israel, is that it is, in fact, possible to win wars.
Let’s recall the timeline here.
On October 7, 2023, the genocidal terror group Hamas invaded Israel&#8217;s borders and killed 1,200 Israelis, mostly Jewish, and abducted 250 Israelis and took them back to their terror tunnel hellholes. In those tunnels, Hamas amassed a vast arsenal of rockets, grenades, and small arms over the course of 20 years with the support and funding from nations in the region, including Iran, Qatar, and Turkey.
There was also a serious possibility that Hezbollah was going to enter the war on the same day. In fact, Hezbollah started attacking with small rockets in the beginning and then gradually escalated. And, according to the military experts, Hezbollah was similarly genocidal and was a far better armed Iranian terror proxy based in Lebanon.
Israel also faced down a continuing terror threat from Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Judea and Samaria, the so-called West Bank. Syria was being used as a thoroughfare for Iranian arms for Hezbollah. The Houthis in Yemen were another Iranian-backed terror threat. And, of course, the Iranian government wasn&#8217;t merely spreading terrorism, they were also fast-tracking a nuclear weapons program.
That&#8217;s where things stood two years ago.
Now, two years later, the Middle East has turned completely upside down.
Israel has completely decimated Hamas, killing its entire top leadership from Gaza all the way to Iran. Israel has destroyed Hezbollah&#8217;s efficacy and killed its terror master, Hassan Nasrallah. Its attacks on Hezbollah were so effective that the Assad regime in Syria completely collapsed.
Judea and Samaria have been quieted by the work of the IDF during this time. Iranian proxies in Iraq went silent as well thanks to the Israeli Air Force. The Houthis in Yemen are sort of the one remaining outstanding enemy, and they&#8217;ve been thoroughly bombed. They are a nuisance, but they&#8217;re not an existential threat to Israel. And Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, the greatest existential threat to Israel, has been set back years, if not decades, thanks to the courage of the Israeli Air Force, and, of course, a timely, brave intervention from President Trump that led to an amazing mission flown by the United States Air Force.
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And now President Trump has brokered an amazing deal, one that seemed unthinkable not long ago. The release of the final 20 live Israeli hostages all at once, along with all the remaining bodies released. Israel maintains a secure posture in the Gaza Strip itself as a transitional plan toward a future without Hamas, supported by regional allies, including countries that one moment ago were sending cash and weapons into for Hamas to use, like Qatar and Turkey.
The possibility of future Abraham Accords with countries like Saudi Arabia and Indonesia are now on the table.
So, here is the question for the West: How is it that this war was won?
Because it&#8217;s hard to win wars.
Well, the answer is the conventional wisdom was stupid — and it has been stupid for decades.
And the decision makers here are ”out-of-the-box” thinkers. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is someone who truly understands the nature of the Middle East and Middle Eastern history. But President Trump is the real difference maker here, because President Trump decided that America would no longer just go along with the 80-year-old slogans promoted by the Arabists at the State Department. 
The conventional wisdom was that military action does not guarantee security in the Middle East. That is a lie. It was always a lie. It was always catastrophically wrong.
In fact, every time Israel has provided for its own security, it was not through a peace deal. It was a peace deal after a victory. 
Military action is the only guarantor of support and security in the Middle East. It was military action that removed every supporting pillar beneath Hamas&#8217;s feet.
The conventional wisdom said the United States ought to play a weird, neutral role between Israel and its genocidal enemies. You saw this from Joe Biden. Kamala Harris talks like this all the time. Bill Clinton tried it until he realized that Yasser Arafat was totally uninterested in peace. 
But this was the conventional wisdom. Was that, sure, Israel was a strong ally of the United States, but America had to play honest broker between Israel and the Palestinians. And it turns out that that was not just wrong, it was idiotically wrong.
The Trump administration openly supported the IDF.
They openly provided the weapons. 
They openly provided the rhetorical support for Israel to win. And it was that that led to Hamas giving up the ghost and to Hamas, his allies, realizing that actually Israel was not going to be forced to simply accept the risk of its own survival. 
The conventional wisdom said that if you threaten to kill terror leaders abroad, that&#8217;d be conflagrationist and terrible. That, too, was wrong. 
Israel killed terror masters in Iran itself. Israel killed Ismail Haniya, the political leader of Hamas. And of course, it was the strike in Qatar that actually led to Qatar and Turkey deciding to press for Hamas’s ouster. 
Israel then hit inside Qatar in an attempted strike on Hamas&#8217;s leadership. They missed, but the message was made clear: Israel would be willing to do it again. 
And then the president essentially said, “Okay, you know what? We&#8217;ll come in. We&#8217;ll give a security guarantee to Qatar so this doesn&#8217;t happen again. But we need you to end this war. We need you to work with Turkey to stop all of this.”
It was a carrots-and-sticks approach led by President Trump.
President Trump understands the Middle East better than all the so-called experts.
And, by the way, he understands the Middle East far better than the supposed neocons, the total interventionists pushing for ”Democracy in the Middle East.” Trump is not one of those.
He also understands it better than the isolationists in his own party who wanted to reject Trump&#8217;s tempered and rational ”Peace through Strength” in favor of what might be called “Cowardice through Catastrophism,” the idea that World War III is lurking behind every corner — despite the fact that President Trump is the most rational purveyor of American force in modern American history. There was no shot that World War III would break out over one B-2 sortie over Iran. That was not going to happen because Trump was backing the IDF&#8217;s capacity to destroy Hamas in the Gaza Strip. That was not going to happen. The catastrophism was nonsense and it was nonsense from the beginning.
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Prime Minister Netanyahu, who soldiered through withering criticism both at home and abroad, of course, for the great crime of seeking victory over those who would destroy his country, deserves credit here.
Huge credit, obviously, as Jared Kushner says, to the Israeli people who mobilized in an unprecedented way to defend their nation and their civilization, we&#8217;re talking about 45-year-old guys leaving four kids at home and their business to go fight in Gaza in the “Sherut Miluim,” the Israeli Army Reserve Service.
And of course, huge props to the American people who provided Israel the support it needed to win, both in terms of material and mostly by making the right decision and electing Donald J. Trump as President of the United States. So, thank you to all the voters of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
It turns out that victory over genocidal enemies is indeed possible. What it requires is a smart strategy that bucks the conventional wisdom, a desire and willingness to win, and the perspicacity to dismiss people who promote either a starry-eyed millenarianism, in which every nation is going to break out into democracy someday, or a benighted conventional wisdom that fails every single time it&#8217;s tried.

The Trump Effect: How To Win A War

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Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro analyzed President Donald Trump’s Israel-Hamas peace deal, saying on Friday morning that the first phase agreement is “one of the great diplomatic achievements of [his] lifetime.”
Shapiro appeared on “<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382557865112">Fox &amp; Friends</a>” to discuss the ceasefire and hostage deal, providing insight into how the president successfully pushed Israel and Hamas to move forward with his plan.
“I think the president ignored pretty much all the conventional wisdom, all the State Department conventional wisdom that has failed for 80 years,” Shapiro told “Fox &amp; Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade.
“He understands that in the Middle East you have to force people to keep their promises,” Shapiro added. “He understands that supporting our allies in the Middle East is much smarter than pretending a neutrality between our allies and their enemies and our enemies as well. The president refused to accept the idea of an Iranian-dominated Middle East, and instead, he gave the Israelis what they needed to succeed militarily.”
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Shapiro also credited Trump for working with other Middle Eastern countries, such as Qatar and Turkey, to make them “promise that they were going to push Hamas into the corner.”
“That’s the thing that changed between two years ago, or a year ago, and now. President Trump is the added ingredient — and Israeli military victory across the Middle East,” Shapiro continued.
Shapiro added that accomplishing phase one of Trump’s peace plan “is an extraordinary achievement.”
“Like a Nobel Prize-worthy achievement by the president of the United States,” he added. “One of the great diplomatic achievements of my lifetime.”
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&#8220;Phase one is an extraordinary achievement&#8230; one of the great diplomatic achievements of my lifetime.&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benshapiro</a> praises President Trump for his role in securing a ceasefire in Gaza and helping to bring the hostages home. <a href="https://t.co/Qc7S6pkorU">pic.twitter.com/Qc7S6pkorU</a>
— FOX &amp; Friends (@foxandfriends) <a href="https://twitter.com/foxandfriends/status/1976636667160408394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Shapiro warned that the most challenging test for Trump’s plan may still lie ahead.
“What happens next in phase two [is] whether there will be a provisional government [in Gaza], whether Hamas will actually give up its guns and disarm, whether there will be any sort of solid interim government that is created capable of actually investing in the people of Gaza and building something working there,” he said. “That is a very difficult task, and it remains to be seen how that plays out.”
The host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bibi-netanyahu-the-security-of-the-world-is-dependent-on-the-strength-of-the-united-states">spoke</a> to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just days before the ceasefire was announced. During the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA2bQ1k1M-s&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fbibi-netanyahu-the-security-of-the-world-is-dependent-on-the-strength-of-the-united-states&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE">interview</a>, which was released on Monday, Netanyahu told Shapiro, “Right now the liberty of the world, the security of the world, is dependent on the strength of the United States.”
“What President Trump has done, in a very short time, is bring America back to the driver’s seat in world affairs,” he added. “That’s very important, because we all depend on America’s strength and America’s resolve.”

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Israel and the terror group Hamas have officially entered into a ceasefire after the two sides reached agreement on the initial stage of a plan to end the war in Gaza.
The agreement was presented to the Israeli government on Thursday. The security cabinet voted Thursday to approve the deal that was reached after days of negotiation in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the adoption of the agreement after the security council vote.
“We fought during these two years to achieve our war aims, and a central one of these war aims is to return the hostages – all of the hostages, the living and the dead – and we’re about to achieve that goal,” Netanyahu said.
U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner sat alongside the Israeli premier at the announcement.
“I really want to say that this all would not have been possible without the bravery of the IDF,” Kushner stated. “I know a lot of you, probably all of you have family, friends who were in this effort … put your sacrifices on the line to fight for your country and to try to make a difference. I think that made a very, very big difference.”
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WATCH: Remarks by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the government meeting for the approval of the hostages release framework, together with President Trump&#8217;s Special Envoy to the Middle East, <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveWitkoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SteveWitkoff</a>, and with the President&#8217;s son-in-law, <a href="https://twitter.com/jaredkushner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JaredKushner</a>. <a href="https://t.co/zMALibPcEY">pic.twitter.com/zMALibPcEY</a>
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraeliPM/status/1976427095489216751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
Trump is expected to visit Israel in the coming days and address the Knesset, a rare honor for a U.S. president. Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana on Thursday officially <a href="https://x.com/AmirOhana/status/1976375333185257830">invited</a> “The Peace President” to address the Israeli body.
The ceasefire includes the release of the hostages held by Hamas. Trump has said that he expects the 20 living hostages still held by Hamas to be returned to Israel early next week.
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It is unclear how many of the dead hostages, 28 in all, will be returned to Israel. Reports during the negotiations suggested that Israeli officials had concerns that Hamas did not know the locations of the bodies of all of the dead and may not be able to return them.
Israel is expected to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in return. The release may <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-claims-israel-will-free-barghouti-other-top-terror-convicts/">include</a> notorious top terrorists as well.
Israeli military forces are expected to pull back from the heart of Gaza during the first phase of the ceasefire.

Ceasefire Begins In Gaza After Israel Officially Approves First Phase Of Peace Plan

The United States is reportedly sending 200 troops to Israel to oversee implementation of a ceasefire between Jerusalem and the terror group Hamas.
No U.S. troops will be sent into Gaza, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mideast-gaza-israel-hamas-us-military-c19caf7b193dbb3bfaf056366f9e2369">Associated Press</a>. The service members will staff a “civil-military coordination center” set up by U.S. Central Command in coordination with partner nations and nongovernmental organizations.
The coordination center will monitor the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli security council voted to approve the first phase of a peace proposal on Thursday, officially enacting a ceasefire that includes the release of hostages held by Hamas and a military pullback from Israel.
The ceasefire comes after Israel and Hamas negotiators hammered out an initial agreement in the Egyptian seaside city of Sharm el-Sheikh. Israeli and Hamas officials met through negotiators. Foreign diplomats from the United States, Turkey, and other countries converged on Sharm el-Sheikh as the two sides drew close to a deal earlier this week.
Those diplomats included Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law and former adviser Jared Kushner, who received personal thanks from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the security council vote.
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“We fought during these two years to achieve our war aims, and a central one of these war aims is to return the hostages – all of the hostages, the living and the dead – and we&#8217;re about to achieve that goal,” Netanyahu said. “We couldn&#8217;t have achieved it without the extraordinary help of President Trump and his team, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.”
The prime minister also thanked the Israel Defense Forces for being one prong of “combined military and diplomatic pressure that isolated Hamas [and] … brought us to this point.”
The structure of the ceasefire is built off of a U.S.-backed proposal announced last month at a joint press conference with Netanyahu. At the time, Trump said the proposal could lay the groundwork for establishing “eternal peace in the Middle East.”
The proposal received backing from a slate of Arab countries. Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt released a joint statement following the proposal’s rollout backing “Trump’s leadership and his sincere efforts to end the war in Gaza, and assert their confidence in his ability to find a path to peace.”

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President Donald J. Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. This was true during his first term when he brokered the Abraham Accords, and it&#8217;s even more true today.
The president of the United States has brokered a phase one deal between Israel and Hamas. The deal has received the full support of, legitimately, everybody in the region, including countries all over Europe. All are in favor of the full-scale release of 20 living hostages who have been kept in solitude, in tunnels, and starved for two years at this point, since October 7, 2023.
And the president deserves full marks for this. So, too, does the Prime Minister of Israel, Bibi Netanyahu, who has steadfastly said that Israel would get back its hostages and would also win the war. There&#8217;s a lot of talk about Netanyahu caving to partial hostage deals. There&#8217;s a lot of pressure for him to do so. Instead, he said, everybody must be released.
The president not only backed that play, he also brokered the deal itself, though we have yet to see what the rest of the deal would look like.
To understand where we are, this is phase one of the deal. In this phase, the living hostages are supposed to be released, possibly by Monday. That&#8217;s what the president said, though it could be earlier.
Hamas is claiming they don&#8217;t have the bodies of 28 of the deceased hostages. The remaining hostages are supposed to be handed over. The deceased hostages are apparently dispersed across the Gaza Strip. Hamas wants more time to look for those dead bodies. We know they&#8217;ve played games about this sort of stuff before.
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In return, Israel is going to release some 250 Palestinian terrorists from Israeli prisons, as well as 1,700 Palestinian terrorists who have been detained in Gaza for fighting Israel during the war. It&#8217;s unclear who&#8217;s on the list at this point.
Israeli Defense Forces will also withdraw to a preset line inside the Gaza Strip, not to what may be a final settlement line, which would involve a buffer zone around the edge of the Gaza Strip. That would require a provisional government in place and all the rest. But some percentage of the enclave will be pulled back by the IDF, and the Rafah Border Crossing will reopen, with Egypt apparently willing to facilitate the delivery of aid. 
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Now, of course, this is dangerous for Israel. Aid facilitated by Egypt into the Gaza Strip could presumably be used by Hamas to rearm. And so what happens in phase two is going to be very important here, in terms of fully ending the war, and not just being another ceasefire. 
Achieving the release of the hostages, however, is a massive step forward, particularly for Israel. If Hamas no longer holds hostages, then they no longer have leverage to stop Israel from killing their terror leaders and destroying their terror enclaves. That leverage goes away. Hamas is counting on pressure from the United States in the Arab world to prevent Israel from doing that in the future, and allowing them to reconstitute. I highly doubt President Trump will be warm to that idea. In fact, even the Arab world is not warm toward the idea of allowing Hamas to reconstitute itself anymore.
Al Jazeera — which is a Qatari-backed propagandist group on behalf of terrorism all across the region — put out an editorial calling for Hamas to disarm. So even Qatar understands at this point that Hamas cannot be a part of the Gazan future.
President Trump announced this on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115340993884364431">Truth Social</a>: 
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I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan. This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace. All Parties will be treated fairly! This is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!
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Again, President Trump deserves full marks for not only brokering this deal, but also completely changing the math around.
In terms of public relations, obviously, Israel has been subjected to two years of full-scale legacy media lies, TikTok lies, and social media lies. Literally within the first week of the war, there were claims that Israel was committing a genocide. Thanks to the virality of the claims and the repetition in the legacy media, those claims only escalated. They were never true throughout the entire war. 
There&#8217;s no question, however, that Israel suffered a lot in terms of public relations up to and including nations moving to isolate Israel and trying to preliminarily declare a Palestinian state — with no government, no borders, and no responsibility for their own citizens.
President Trump shifted that around. He took a look at the situation and said, “Listen, we&#8217;re going to get to a deal now.” And then he put pressure in the right places. He offered carrots and he offered sticks.
The Prime Minister of Israel put out a <a href="https://x.com/netanyahu/status/1976073879635599624">statement</a>. 
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With the approval of the first phase of the plan, all our hostages will be brought home. This is a diplomatic success and a national and moral victory for the State of Israel.
From the beginning, I made it clear: we will not rest until all our hostages return and all our goals are achieved. 
Through steadfast resolve, powerful military action, and the great efforts of our great friend and ally President Trump, we have reached this critical turning point.
I thank President Trump for his leadership, his partnership, and his unwavering commitment to the safety of Israel and the freedom of our hostages. 
God Bless Israel. 
God Bless America. 
God Bless our great alliance.
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With the approval of the first phase of the plan, all our hostages will be brought home. This is a diplomatic success and a national and moral victory for the State of Israel.
From the beginning, I made it clear: we will not rest until all our hostages return and all our goals…
— Benjamin Netanyahu &#8211; בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) <a href="https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1976073879635599624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And of course, I spoke with the prime minister just a couple of days ago. You can watch that interview <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ben-interviews-netanyahu">here</a> to understand the prime minister&#8217;s view of the war, how far Israel has come, and where Israel stands in the region at this time.
The president of the United States is scheduled to travel to Egypt to presumably sign the agreement and then travel to Israel, where he is now scheduled to address the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, on Sunday.
The level of excitement for the deal, President Trump&#8217;s visit, and so that they can celebrate him, is extraordinary. I don&#8217;t think there will be anything remotely like it, frankly, in Israeli history with regard to a welcome for a leader from the United States. President Trump has roughly a 95% approval rating in the state of Israel. And that is for a reason, because President Trump inherently understands the Middle East in a way that Westerners typically do not understand the Middle East.
He understands that in the Middle East, power rules. He understands that in the Middle East, there is no solution but moving through.
He understands that in the Middle East, concessions are seen generally as a sign of weakness. And what he understands most of all is that the role of the United States is very often to provide the carrot, while Israel provides the stick.
At this point, there&#8217;s no question the president of the United States deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who else will they give it to? Greta Thunberg? Barack Obama received one for being alive and breathing and for simply being elected president of the United States. Even Yasser Arafat, the arch-terrorist, received a Nobel Peace Prize.
If President Donald J. Trump does not win the Nobel Peace Prize, then it’s time to disband the committee.

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Praise for President Donald Trump has started to roll in after Hamas and Israel announced that they have agreed to the first phase of the peace plan to end the war in Gaza and potentially create a path to a Palestinian state.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the first to credit Trump for the plan&#8217;s framework that Hamas and Israeli negotiators had just reached an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-israel-and-gaza-have-a-deal-on-first-phase-of-middle-east-peace-plan">agreement</a> on.
“Through steadfast resolve, powerful military action, and the great efforts of our great friend and ally President Trump, we have reached this critical turning point,” Netanyahu posted on X. “I thank President Trump for his leadership, his partnership, and his unwavering commitment to the safety of Israel and the freedom of our hostages.”
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With the approval of the first phase of the plan, all our hostages will be brought home. This is a diplomatic success and a national and moral victory for the State of Israel.
From the beginning, I made it clear: we will not rest until all our hostages return and all our goals…
— Benjamin Netanyahu &#8211; בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) <a href="https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1976073879635599624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
Former Hamas hostages and the families of hostages still trapped in Gaza hailed the agreement, which, if carried out, would see the release of the remaining 20 hostages still alive in Gaza by Monday. The hostage survivors and families expressed gratitude to Trump for shepherding the process.
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Former hostages Emily Damari and Romi Gonen live on Instagram celebrating the signing of the hostage deal: &#8220;How do you explain to people how you feel at this moment? Yes!!! I&#8217;m shaking, my whole body is trembling. Wow!&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/cerELdMgfo">https://t.co/cerELdMgfo</a> <a href="https://t.co/jPn6qxQ5Pd">pic.twitter.com/jPn6qxQ5Pd</a>
— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) <a href="https://twitter.com/JewishWarrior13/status/1976069476916527434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
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ALL hostages to be released very soon! <a href="https://t.co/tmNrNaQwxi">https://t.co/tmNrNaQwxi</a> <a href="https://t.co/XGjfj9Wm65">pic.twitter.com/XGjfj9Wm65</a>
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1976065558270644721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
An iconic photo of Trump with Secretary of State Marco Rubio has gone viral after capturing the moment that Rubio interrupted a round table to tell the president that a deal between Israel and Hamas was imminent.
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If the deal goes through, this will be one of the most iconic images of Trump&#8217;s presidency. <a href="https://t.co/9AG0N6YzUz">pic.twitter.com/9AG0N6YzUz</a>
— 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) <a href="https://twitter.com/NiohBerg/status/1976045388089164177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
Network news led with the significance of the deal for Israel, Gaza, and the Middle East, if all goes according to plan. ABC News called it a &#8220;huge night&#8221; for all involved. 
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&#8220;Make no mistake: this is a huge night,&#8221; says ABC News on President Trump&#8217;s Gaza Peace Deal.
&#8220;For the people of Gaza, this is going to be an enormous relief. For the people of Israel, potentially the end of a two-year-long nightmare.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/B8ooTzBBz1">pic.twitter.com/B8ooTzBBz1</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1976071646093115403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
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🔥 Alex Marlow on Trump’s victory for peace:
“This is a historic achievement. He’s taken away all of Hamas’s leverage — it’s gone. This could be the beginning of lasting peace in the region.”
Only <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> could deliver a deal like this — strength backed by results. A Nobel Peace… <a href="https://t.co/hfLHFN0zJd">pic.twitter.com/hfLHFN0zJd</a>
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) <a href="https://twitter.com/IngrahamAngle/status/1976076402781978745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
Though not all network coverage struck a celebratory tone. CNN’s Jake Tapper hesitated to call the agreement a “peace deal,” arguing that it was a &#8220;ceasefire deal&#8221; at best.
“This is a ceasefire deal, right? This is not a larger peace deal about a Palestinian state of any sort,” said Tapper.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a>&#8216;s first reaction to President Trump&#8217;s monumental announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of his peace deal is to refuse to call it a peace deal.
Even Fake News <a href="https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kaitlancollins</a> is taken aback. <a href="https://t.co/aTTVq9CdBx">pic.twitter.com/aTTVq9CdBx</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1976064000879362508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
Fox News’ chief political analyst Brit Hume said that the agreement that Trump fostered “seemed almost impossible.”
“It’s a very big deal indeed. Something that seemed almost impossible for so long,” said Hume. “The President will get a great deal of credit for this. It was his peace plan, I guess, that formed the basis for this agreement as far as we know.”
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🚨 WATCH: Fox’s <a href="https://twitter.com/brithume?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@brithume</a> on Trump’s peace deal: “It’s a very big deal indeed. Something that seemed almost impossible for so long. The President will get a great deal of credit for this. It was his peace plan that formed the basis for this agreement as far as we know.” <a href="https://t.co/fcP9X82iSi">pic.twitter.com/fcP9X82iSi</a>
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TVNewsNow/status/1976062641509466612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
Nate Morris, a businessman and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Kentucky, said that not only should the agreement win Trump a Nobel Peace Prize, but that the award should be renamed after the president.
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President Trump doesn&#8217;t just deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for getting this deal across the finish line, they should rename the damn thing after him. <a href="https://t.co/65gichcb6w">pic.twitter.com/65gichcb6w</a>
— Nate Morris (@NateMorris) <a href="https://twitter.com/NateMorris/status/1976061502621647067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2025</a></blockquote>

‘Seemed Almost Impossible’: Praise For Trump Pours In On News Of Middle East Peace Deal

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