The Israeli parliament witnessed this Monday an exchange of messages of admiration and gratitude between the president of the United States, Donald Trumpand the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. The latter was the first in thank Trump for his “great leadership” and his peace proposal, which, according to him, “makes” and “ends the war by achieving all our objectives”.
In this sense, Netanyahu has described the American as “the best friend the State of Israel has ever had in the White House”ensuring that “he cannot be compared with anyone” and that “the president is going to go down in the history of our nation”. “I want to thank you personally and on behalf of the entire nation. Thank you President Trump“, he stated.
He has also highlighted the symbolic and political importance of Trump’s visit to Israelthe first since recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the country. “Thank you for that,” he said, before listing other actions that he is grateful for: “For defend ourselves against lies against Israel before the United Nations, for recognizing in its 2020 peace plan the ancestral land of the Jewish peopleto achieve the historic Abraham accordsby withdraw from disastrous Iran nuclear deal. Thank you for supporting our operation and your bold decision to launch the “.
In response, Trump has returned gratitude to his Israeli ally: “I want to express my gratitude to a man of exceptional bravery and great patriotism. “Everyone knows who I’m talking about, there’s only one: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.” “He is not the easiest person to reach agreements with, but that is what makes him great”he added.
The American has also boasted that The US has “the best weapons in the world”. “Y we have given many to Israel. Bibi called me many times: ‘Can you give me this gun, and this other one?’ Some I didn’t even know. But we have made them, and you have used them very well. That is why Israel has been more powerful and stronger“he said.
However, he has urged to put aside the use of these weapons to continue consolidating peace through diplomatic means: “Israel, with our help, has gained everything that can be achieved by force of arms. Now Now is the time to turn these victories against terrorists on the battlefield into the ultimate prize of peace and prosperity for the entire Middle East.“.
In short, it has encouraged him to continue the path he has started: “You will be remembered for this much more than if you had continued with this, killing and killing. That’s why, I want to congratulate you for having had the courage to say that’s it, that we have won.. “And now let’s enjoy our lives and rebuild Israel and make it stronger than ever.”
“This is not just the end of a war, it is the end of an era of terror and death. It is the beginning of the era of faith, hope and God. “This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East,” he stated. “I love you Israel, I am with you and you are going to be better, bigger and stronger”has concluded his speech.
“A day of deep joy and great hope”
Regarding the agreement reached, Trump has spoken with his characteristic humor and triumphalist tone of “a day of deep joy and great hope”marked, he said, by gratitude “to the almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
“After years of darkness and captivity, they return to the glorious embrace of their families. Another 28 citizens also return home to finally rest in this sacred land,” said the president. “Today the skies are calm, the weapons are silent, the sirens are still and the sun rises over a holy land that is finally at peace”he added.
During his speech, Trump recalled the difficult years of war and the unconditional support of the United States to Israel. “Therefore, today, as we celebrate, let us remember how this nightmare began two years ago, when thousands of innocent Israelis were attacked by the most evil and heinous terrorists that Jews have seen since the Holocaust. The US cried at your side. We cry for our citizens who were also murdered that day,” he mentioned, recalled the .
Thus he has insisted on enjoying the end of the war and the beginning of a new stage. “Until this week, Israel has been at war, carrying burdens that few can withstand, but now, at last, that long and painful nightmare ends. The forces of chaos that have plagued the region are completely defeated. As the dust settles, the smoke clears and the debris clears, that day dawns in a region transformed with a bright future within your reach,” he recalled.
The speech has been briefly interrupted by two parliamentarians who were immediately expelled by the security services after displaying a banner with the word “genocide”. While they were being evicted, other deputies scolded them, calling them “terrorists.” Trump has taken the incident with humor and limited himself to saying with a smile “how efficient,” in reference to security personnel.
He then continued his speech by thanking the members of his administration, such as Steve Witkoffthe US special envoy to the Middle East or Marco RubioSecretary of State of the country.
On the other hand, Trump has assured that he is not a man of war, although he has warned that, if it has to become involved in one, the US will be relentless: “My personality is about solving wars, and it seems to work. We are not going to get into wars, but if we do we are going to win like no one has ever won a war.. We are no longer going to be politically correct. As you said Bibi, peace through strength“.
Netanyahu justifies that “Israel did what it had to do with indomitable courage”
In his speech, Netanyahu justified Israel’s military action, claiming that “it did what it had to do with indomitable bravery to defend our people and defeat our enemies and free the hostages.”
Thus, he highlighted that the country has achieved “victories over Hamas and Iran’s entire axis of terror, Nasrallah, they are all gone.”and has declared that the Iranian nuclear program “has been swept off the map.” “Our enemies already understand that attacking Israel on October 7 was a catastrophic mistakethat we are strong and that Israel is here to stay,” he said, commenting that “this is peace through strength.”
Finally, he criticized countries that, in his opinion, “fall for the propaganda” of Hamas and put pressure on Israel to stop the war. “Right at that moment, of maximum pressure on Israel, a man named Donald J. Trump was elected president of the United States. And overnight everything changed“, he said.
“Thanks to your unequivocal support for Israel we achieved the second hostage deal weeks after his election“, and in the following months we worked to force a way to bring the hostages and end the war with the disarmament of Hamas and the demilitarization of Gaza,” he concluded.
