Former President Joe Biden has praised Donald Trump for his success in negotiating a peace deal which allowed the 20 remaining Hamas survivors to return home.
But he also tried to take some credit for the monumental deal, claiming his administration ‘worked relentlessly’ while in power to end the war.
‘I commend President Trump and his team for their work to get a renewed ceasefire deal over the finish line,’ he said in a statement to X on Monday.
Biden said he and his team had tried ‘to bring hostages home, get relief to Palestinian civilians and end the war.’
‘I am deeply grateful and relieved that this day has come – for the last living 20 hostages who have been through unimaginable hell and are finally reunited with their families and loved ones.’
Biden said he was also overjoyed ‘for the civilians in Gaza who have experienced immeasurable loss and will finally get the chance to rebuild their lives.
‘Now, with the backing of the United States and the world, the Middle East is on a path to peace that I hope endures and a future for Israelis and Palestinians alike with equal measures of peace, dignity, and safety.’
Trump visited Israel on Monday to celebrate the return of the 20 surviving hostages after helping to broker the peace deal.
Former President Joe Biden has praised Donald Trump for his success in negotiating a peace deal which allowed the 20 remaining Hamas survivors to return home
He later addressed a peace summit with global leaders where he called for a new era of harmony in the Middle East.
‘We have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to put the old feuds and bitter hatreds behind us,’ Trump said, and he urged leaders ‘to declare that our future will not be ruled by the fights of generations past.’
The whirlwind trip, which included the summit in Egypt and a speech at the Knesset in Jerusalem earlier in the day, comes at a fragile moment of hope for ending two years of war between Israel and Hamas.
‘Everybody said it’s not possible to do. And it’s going to happen. And it is happening before your very eyes,’ Trump said alongside Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi.
Nearly three dozen countries, including some from Europe and the Middle East, were represented at the summit. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was invited but declined, with his office saying it was too close to a Jewish holiday.
Trump visited Israel on Monday to celebrate the return of the 20 surviving hostages after helping to broker the peace deal
Trump promised to help rebuild Gaza, and he urged Palestinians to ‘turn forever from the path of terror and violence.’
‘After tremendous pain and death and hardship,’ he said, ‘now is the time to concentrate on building their people up instead of trying to tear Israel down.’
Israeli lawmakers chanted Trump’s name and gave him standing ovation after standing ovation. Some people in the audience wore red hats that resembled his “Make America Great Again” caps, although these versions said “Trump, The Peace President.”
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