During his less than four-hour visit to Israel, Trump was expected to meet with hostage relatives and give a speech to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem.
In addition, according to Israeli head of state Herzog, Trump should be awarded the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor – the country’s highest civilian award. Trump “not only helped bring our loved ones home, but also laid the foundation for a new era in the Middle East based on security, cooperation and real hope for a peaceful future,” Herzog explained on Monday.
After his departure from Israel, Trump travels on to a Middle East summit he is hosting in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, in which several Arab and European heads of state and government are taking part – including Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU). According to the Egyptian government, a document “to end the war in the Gaza Strip” will be signed at the summit.
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