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Thursday, October 9, 2025
Give Trump the Nobel, Lapid declares
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Congratulating US President Donald Trump on the hostage deal, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid says that “there is no person who deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more and, more than that, the eternal gratitude of the people of Israel.”
“I congratulate his team, Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Marco Rubio, and Tony Blair. I congratulate Prime Minister Netanyahu, the commanders and soldiers of the IDF, and above all, the families of the hostages, lions and lionesses who did not allow the world to forget, even for a moment,” Lapid says in a video statement.
Trump has on several occasions expressed a desire to win the prize, which is expected to be announced tomorrow, and some have speculated that the goal has animated his various peacemaking efforts around the world.
Following this morning’s announcement that the deal was going ahead, President Isaac Herzog declared that “there is no doubt that [Trump] deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for this.”
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