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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauded President Donald Trump's enactment erstwhile asked who should instrumentality recognition for the ceasefire woody reached successful the waning days of the Biden administration.
"Prime Minister Netanyahu, we've heard Joe Biden and Donald Trump instrumentality recognition for the hostage and ceasefire deal. Who bash you deliberation deserves much credit?" Fox News' Peter Doocy asked Netanyahu arsenic helium joined Trump successful the Oval Office connected Tuesday.
"I deliberation President Trump had a large unit and almighty enactment to this effort. I admit it," Netanyahu responded. "He sent a precise bully emissary. He's helped a lot. And, you know, I'll conscionable archer you, I'm blessed that they're here. And I'm definite the president is blessed that they're here. And I would deliberation that's astir enough."
Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire woody Jan. 15, conscionable days earlier Biden exited the White House, and Trump entered it, connected Jan. 20. The ceasefire followed a gathering betwixt Trump's then-incoming Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Netanyahu.
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Credit for the ceasefire was claimed by some Biden and Trump, with the 46th president taking a triumph thigh for the accomplishment successful the opening remarks of his farewell code to the nation.
"After 8 months of nonstop negotiation, my medication — by my medication — a cease-fire and hostage woody has been reached by Israel and Hamas, the elements of which I laid retired successful large item successful May of this year," Biden said successful his farewell address.
"This program was developed and negotiated by my squad and volition beryllium mostly implemented by the incoming administration. That's wherefore I told my squad to support the incoming medication afloat informed, due to the fact that that's however it should be, moving unneurotic arsenic Americans."
At different constituent of Tuesday's associated property conference, Netanyahu argued that chances of bid successful the Middle East summation erstwhile helium and Trump — and Israel and the U.S. wide — enactment broadside by side.
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"When Israel and the United States enactment together, and President Trump and I enactment together, you know, the chances spell up a batch [to scope the 2nd signifier of the ceasefire deal]," helium said. "It's erstwhile we don't enactment together, erstwhile Israel and the United States don't enactment together, that creates problems. When the different broadside sees daylight betwixt us, and occasionally successful the past fewer years … past it's much difficult."
Trump invited Netanyahu to the White House to sermon the ceasefire deal's future, and Iran's grip successful the Middle East and resettling Gaza residents successful different nations.
Iran has been astatine the forefront of Hamas' warfare connected Israel, assisting successful backing the effort. Trump said during the property league that warfare would not person breached retired if helium had been president backmost connected Oct. 7, 2023 — citing that Iran was financially hobbled nether his archetypal administration.
"Iran was successful large occupation erstwhile I left. They were broke," Trump said. "They didn't person wealth for Hamas. They didn't person immoderate wealth for Hezbollah. You had nary problem. October 7th could person ne'er happened erstwhile I left."
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Netanyahu vowed during the property league that helium would bring location the remaining hostages successful Hamas captivity, portion adding that "Hamas is not going to beryllium successful Gaza" overmuch longer.
Trump added that Gaza is excessively unsafe for adjacent the soldiers presently connected the ground.
"It's excessively unsafe for people. Nobody wants to beryllium there," helium said. "Warriors don't privation to beryllium there. Soldiers don't privation to beryllium there. How tin you person radical spell back? You're saying spell backmost into Gaza now? The aforesaid thing's going to happen."
"It'll lone beryllium death," helium said.
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