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Monday, September 29, 2025
Trump thanks Muslim leaders for backing plan, which means ‘immediate’ end of war
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
US President Donald Trump personally thanks a string of Muslim leaders, including Saudi King Salman Al Saud, Qatari Emir Tamim al Thani, Emirati President Mohammed Bin Zayed, and Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed. The leaders “have been giving us ideas, things they can live with, things they can’t live with, pretty complex.”
He also thanks Jordanian King Abdullah and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a fierce critic of Israel and supporter of Hamas. “He’s a friend of mine, he’s a strong man, but a good man,” Trump says of Erdogan.
Trump thanks President Abdel Fatah el Sisi of Egypt, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, who referenced Israel in surprisingly warm terms at the UN last week.
“If accepted by Hamas,” he continues, “this proposal calls for the release of all remaining hostages immediately, but in no case more than 72 hours. So the hostages are coming back and …the bodies of young men are coming back immediately.”
His plan, he says, “means the immediate end of the war itself, not just Gaza.”
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