New Delhi: US President Donald Trump received a standing ovation from members of Israeli Parliament on Monday for helping broker the Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas.
Trump, who arrived in Teal Aviv to a red carpet welcome earlier in the day, was received at the Parliament by speaker Amir Ohana with the words, “Welcome to Jerusalem. Welcome to the Knesset. We’ve been longing for this day”.
Ohana said that Trump is not just “another American president,” but a “giant of Jewish history – one for whom we must look back two and a half millennia into the mists of time to find a parallel, in Cyrus the Great.”
It was Cyrus the Great who permitted Jews to return to Israel, and rebuild the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the sixth century BCE.
#WATCH | US President Trump receives a welcome with an applause and a standing ovation from the members of Israel’s Parliament
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“What the world needs now is not appeasers who feed the crocodile in the hope that they will be eaten last, like we have seen at the UN General Assembly, but what the world needs now are more leaders who are brave, resolute, strong and bold. The world needs more Trumps,” Ohana said.
The applause in Parliament lasted several minutes as lawmakers clapped and cheered Trump, who was accompanied by his special envoy Steve Witkoff, son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka.
History at the Knesset:
The Israeli Parliament rises to its feet in honor of President Trump. 🇺🇸🇮🇱
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM BACK HOME!!! pic.twitter.com/WgFlQj5Ng5— The Uri (@uricohenisrael) October 13, 2025
The Speaker affirmed that Israel will rally behind a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Trump next year. The US President was snubbed by the Nobel Committee this year, with the jury selecting Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado as the coveted Nobel Peace Prize winner for 2025.
“In less than 9 months, you became one of the most consequential Presidents in history,” Ohana said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Trump for Operation Rising Lion and Operation Midnight Hammer – Israel and America’s respective airstrikes against Iran in June. He also thanked the US President for recognising sovereignty over the Golan Heights and standing up against “lies against Israel” at the United Nations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Trump for Operation Rising Lion and Operation Midnight Hammer — Israel and USA’s respective airstrikes against Iran in June. He also thanked the US President for recognising sovereignty over the Golan Heights and standing up against “lies against Israel” at the United Nations.
“Diplomatic pressure was turned on its head as more and more governments gave in to Hamas propaganda. Just at that point of maximum pressure on Israel, Trump was elected president, and overnight, everything changed,” Netanyahu said, describing Trump as the “greatest friend” Israel ever had in White House.
“Thanks to Trump’s unequivocal backing of Israel, we secured a second hostage deal within weeks of your election,” he added.
#WATCH | Speaking in Israeli Parliament, PM Benjamin Netanyahu says, “I have seen many a lot of US presidents, but I have never seen anyone move the world so quickly and decisively as our friend President Donald J Trump…”
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Trump, who addressed te Israeli Parliament, said it was a “great honour” for him.
After his address at the parliament on his plans for the Middle East peace, Trump headed to Egypt for a peace summit.
