The president of United States, Donald Trumpstated that “the war in Gaza is over”, a milestone that in his own words seemed “unthinkable” and that has opened the door to “peace in Middle East“, at the end of a peace summit in Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) attended by more than twenty world leaders.
Trump applauded during a speech release of the last 20 living hostages in the hands of Hamas, a step prior to the delivery of another 28 bodies, and has indicated that humanitarian aid is beginning to enter the Strip more fluidly, where the UN He already formally declared famine last August.
The White House tenant hopes that the agreement that he himself promoted between Israel and Hamas will mean “more than the end of the Gaza war” and will mark “a new beginning for the entire Middle East.” He aspires for it to be a “strong, stable and prosperous” region, in which all countries “reject terrorism once and for all”, and has suggested that there be new accessions to the Abraham Accords to normalize relations with Israel.
“I have read on many occasions that World War III would start in the Middle East. It is not going to happen,” said Trump, who raised among the new short-term challenges “restoring the basics” for the Gazan population and advancing reconstruction. for which the Strip must be “demilitarized”.
“Now, the reconstruction begins, perhaps the easiest,” Trump said, among constant messages of gratitude and recognition to the leaders present, which did include the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, but not the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump acknowledged Abbas’s presence from the rostrum, without ever alluding to Netanyahu, whom he had met hours before in Israel. According to the Israeli Government, Netanyahu has not attended due to the coincidence with the start of the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah.
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The ceremony also included a speech by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, who, beyond applauding the milestone of the agreement for which all the leaders had met in Sharm el Sheikh, called for the Nobel Peace Prize for Trump for his “extraordinary contribution” to conflict resolution. “He is the best candidate,” he said.
At another time, during the review of the attending leaders, Trump referred to the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Melonias “a young and beautiful woman”, something for which he himself acknowledged that he would be criticized in the United States. “I’ll take the risk,” she declared with a laugh and after asking Meloni if it bothered her that he called her “pretty.”
Furthermore, he addressed the president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchezto also question him with laughter about his public disagreements over defense spending. “Is he already working on the GDP issue? We will get closer,” said Trump, and then indicated that Spain is doing “a fantastic job.”
