Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, announced on Tuesday that He has nominated the president of the United States, Donald Trump, for the Nobel Peace Prize. He did it during a dinner at the White House in which both addressed, among other issues, the US proposal for a 60 -day truce in the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu personally delivered the letter of nomination to Trump at the beginning of the meeting, surprising the American president, who replied: “Come from you, it is very significant.” THE FIRST MINISTOr praised Trump’s efforts to promote peace “in many countries, but especially in the Middle East”. “It’s well deserved and you should receive it,” he added.
This is the third candidacy Trump receives for the Nobel Peace Nobel 2025. The first was presented by the Pakistan government, recognizing its mediation in the truce between India and Pakistan; The second, by Republican congressman Buddy Carter, who also sent a letter to Oslo. According to the statutes of the Nobel Committee, The members of national assemblies and governments of sovereign states may present candidates. Trump said the Nobel deserves both or more than Barack Obama, who received it in 2009.
Truce in Gaza and Palestinian displacement plan
During dinner, both leaders discussed the proposal led by the special American envoy Steve Witkoffwhich contemplates a 60 -day truce in Gaza. In return, Hamas would release 10 live hostages and deliver the bodies of 18 deathsin exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners. At that time, the parties would negotiate a definitive agreement for the end of the conflict, although the differences remain deep.
Israel insists on the total elimination of Hamas and has raised the confinement of the Gazatí population in a city in the south of the enclave. Hamas, meanwhile, demands the complete withdrawal of the Israeli forces of Gaza.
Regarding the controversial plan announced by Trump in February to facilitate the departure of the gazaties of the enclave, Netanyahu said it would be a voluntary exit: “If people want to stay, they can stay, but if you want to leave, you should be able to do it. ” He added that they are negotiating with several countries in the region to welcome the displaced. Trump said they have found “great cooperation by neighboring countries” and said: “Something good will happen.”
However, the proposal has been harshly criticized by neighboring Arab countries, which have described it as Ethnic cleaning attemptand warn that it buries the possibility of a solution of two states. Asked about it, Trump avoided ruling: “I don’t know.” Netanyahu was more blunt: he completely ruled out the creation of an independent Palestinian state and defended that Israel maintained security control in the Palestinian territories: “I think the Palestinians should have all the powers to govern themselves, but none that threatens us,” he settled.
Conversations with Iran after the bombing
Dinner was also the first meeting between the two since, on June 22, the United States joined Israeli attacks against Iran and bombarded three nuclear facilities in the Persian country. Netanyahu had been requesting that intervention for some time, and Trump defended that the operation has had an effect: “We have scheduled conversations with Iran. They want to talk. I think they received a beating when we attacked the three sites. “
Steve Witkoff, also present at dinner, added that The conversations could start next week. The previous negotiations failed after Israel began bombing against Iranian nuclear and military facilities on June 11. Netanyahu, on the other hand, said that joint attacks with the US served to “reduce two tumors”: the enrichment of uranium and the Iranian ballistic missile program, although it warned that it will be necessary to “continue monitoring.”
