Gaza, Israel and Trump
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President Trump hailed " the historic dawn of a new Middle East" in remarks to Israeli lawmakers at the Knesset on Monday, after all living hostages were reunited with their families.
Hamas freed the 20 hostages and Israel released some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners as part of a cease-fire. President Trump, in Israel, proclaimed an “end” to the war, but Israel and Hamas have not agreed on next steps in Gaza.
Trump traveled to Jerusalem and received a standing ovation in the Knesset for brokering the peace deal with Israel and Hamas.
President Trump declared that the cease-fire in Gaza is the “end of an age of terror and death” and an “historic dawn of a new Middle East” in an impassioned address to Israel’s governing body on Monday.
When Trump comes to Palm Beach, the U.S. Secret Service orders the closure of South Ocean Boulevard between the Southern Boulevard traffic circle and South County Road. Town officials typically send an alert warning of the road closure about 24 hours before it is expected to shut down.
Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel both gave Trump his flowers for the role he played in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
US stocks surged on Monday, bouncing back from Friday's rout after President Trump played down the escalating US trade standoff with China, saying it "will all be fine!" Stocks are set to recoup some of Friday's hefty losses after Trump dialed back his Friday threat to impose an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods from Nov.
In a speech to Israel's parliament on a day when the country's 20 hostages were released as part of a ceasefire agreement he helped broker, President Donald Trump was expected to tell the Knesset, "This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East," according to excerpts released by the White House.