Tel Aviv: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday nominated US President Donald Trump for the Israel Prize, the country’s highest civilian honour, hailing him as “the greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House.”

The announcement came during a historic session of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, where Trump was welcomed with a prolonged standing ovation and honoured for his leadership in brokering a peace deal that has led to the release of all 20 living hostages and a formal end to the two-year war with Hamas.

“I have seen many US presidents, but I have never seen anyone move the world so quickly and decisively as our friend President Donald J Trump,” Netanyahu said during his address. Show Full Article

Netanyahu also praised Trump’s record on Israel, including

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