Netanyahu, speaking ahead of Trump Knesset address, thanks him for Gaza ‘proposal that ends the war’

By Lazar Berman

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13 October 2025, 1:43 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

US President Donald Trump (R) listens to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addresses the Knesset, in Jerusalem on October 13, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/ POOL/ AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanks US President Donald Trump for his “proposal that ends the war by achieving all our objectives.”

He says the proposal “opens the door to an historic expansion of peace in our region and beyond our region.”

“You are committed to this peace, I am committed to this peace,” he tells Trump. “Together, Mr. President, we will achieve this peace.”

Netanyahu’s government did not vote to end the war last week, when it approved the first phase of Trump’s Gaza peace plan. Trump has several times stressed that “the war is over,” including to reporters on his flight to Israel.