Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday introduced U.S. President Donald Trump with a letter nominating the president for the Nobel Peace Prize throughout a gathering on the White Home.
Netanyahu was on the White Home for talks with Trump on the Center East scenario, together with efforts to realize peace with Iran and safe a cease-fire deal to finish the battle in Gaza.
“He’s forging peace, as we communicate, in a single nation, in a single area after the opposite. So I need to current to you, Mr. President, the letter I despatched to the Nobel Prize Committee,” the Israeli chief mentioned as he handed the letter to Trump. “It’s nominating you for the Peace Prize, which is well-deserved, and you need to get it.”
Trump accepted the letter and responded: “This I didn’t know. Wow, thanks very a lot. Coming from you specifically, that is very significant.”
This marked the third assembly between the 2 leaders this yr, and the primary since U.S. forces launched airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear websites final month amid the trade of missiles between Israel and Iran, aiming to dismantle Iran’s nuclear capabilities. America brokered a cease-fire between Israel and Iran following the strikes.
In the course of the assembly, Netanyahu additionally praised Trump for his efforts in forging the Abraham Accords, which sought to normalize relations between Israel and international locations such because the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco.
Trump has pushed for a cessation of hostilities between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group. The 2 have been preventing since Hamas launched a shock assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
The Trump administration has proposed a cease-fire deal that might pave the way in which for a 60-day pause within the battle and the discharge of hostages held by Hamas, after a earlier six-week truce that led to March.
The deal has acquired backing from Israel, however Hamas has but to conform to it. Trump beforehand mentioned {that a} cease-fire settlement between Israel and Hamas might be reached this week.
Final month, Pakistan’s authorities introduced that it was nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing his function in serving to to avert a serious confrontation between India and Pakistan.
Stress escalated between the 2 nations after the terrorist bloodbath of 26 Indian vacationers close to Pahalgam in India-controlled Kashmir on April 22. India has accused Pakistan of supporting the terrorists, which the latter denied.
The 2 international locations finally agreed to a cease-fire on Might 10, with Pakistan crediting Trump for his “decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal management in the course of the latest India-Pakistan disaster.”
India mentioned the cease-fire resulted from talks between the Indian and Pakistani militaries.
Trump instructed reporters on Might 12 that he had threatened to revoke all U.S. commerce with each India and Pakistan except they agreed to cease the preventing.
Emel Akan and Chris Summers contributed to this report.
