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Monday, September 29, 2025
Trump hails ‘historic day for peace,’ says Netanyahu agreed to Gaza proposal
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
US President Donald Trump says, “Today is a historic day for peace,” adding that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just wrapped up their meeting on “Iran, trade, the expansion of the Abraham Accords, and, most importantly, we discussed how to end the war in Gaza.”
Ending the war is “just part of the bigger picture, which is peace in the Middle East,” says Trump. “Let’s call it eternal peace in the Middle East.”
He says that “the level of support I’ve had from the nations in the Middle East and surrounding Israel and neighbors of Israel has been incredible.”
Trump announces that he is formally releasing his “principles for peace, which people have really liked, I must say.”
He thanks leaders of Muslim and Arab nations “for their tremendous support in developing the proposal, along with many of our allies in Europe. Europe has been very much involved.”
Trump thanks Netanyahu “for agreeing to the plan, and trusting that if we work together we can bring an end to the death and destruction that we’ve seen for so many years, decades, even centuries, and begin a new chapter of security, peace, and prosperity for the entire region.”
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