On Monday, US President Donald Trump spoke for more than an hour in the Israeli parliament, taking a victory lap for the ceasefire deal and repeatedly, pointedly telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to not restart the Gaza war.

Trump returned to the global stage to claim credit for ending the Gaza war, landing in Israel just as the first hostages were released by Hamas and later presiding over a hastily arranged peace summit in Egypt.

A “Historic Dawn” or a Fragile Pause?

President Donald Trump’s dramatic arrival in Israel on Monday, moments after the first hostages were released by Hamas, was met with scenes of jubilation rarely seen for a foreign leader.

In Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, crowds chanted “Trump, Trump,” and in the Knesset, lawmakers donned red MAGA-style hats

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