{"id":2499908,"date":"2025-10-17T05:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-hostage-freeing-ceasefire-plan-draws-gratitude-from-israelis\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T05:58:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:58:52","slug":"trumps-hostage-freeing-ceasefire-plan-draws-gratitude-from-israelis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-hostage-freeing-ceasefire-plan-draws-gratitude-from-israelis\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s hostage-freeing ceasefire plan draws gratitude from Israelis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-hostage-freeing-ceasefire-plan-draws-gratitude-from-israelis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2499908&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s historic ceasefire plan between israel and Hamas, which led to the release of the last 20 Israeli hostages after two years of conflict.Despite initial tensions between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, both leaders appeared united while celebrating the hostages&#8217; return and the promise of a new era of peace in the Middle East. Trump received a warm welcome in Israel, including praise from Netanyahu and calls from Israeli officials to nominate him for the Nobel peace Prize.<\/p>\n<p>However, the article notes that Trump&#8217;s support for Israel is primarily transactional, driven by U.S. strategic interests rather than ideological or religious reasons. This pragmatic approach has caused some friction, notably as of Trump&#8217;s engagement with qatar and Turkey-both U.S. allies but also patrons of Hamas.Israel is wary of Turkey perhaps acquiring advanced military technology like F-35 jets, which threatens its military edge.<\/p>\n<p>Experts cited in the article suggest that Trump&#8217;s personal connections, including his daughter Ivanka&#8217;s conversion to Judaism and his reaction to the Hamas attacks, influence his stance. Still, his policies balance competing U.S. interests in the Middle East, aiming to maintain alliances with Qatar and Turkey for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >broader regional power projection<\/a> and economic concerns.<\/p>\n<p>While some Israeli analysts express concern over these complex relationships, they acknowledge Trump as a strong supporter of Israel who views it as a key American asset in the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/years-before-trumps-executive-order-mcconnell-helped-block-a-constitutional-amendment-to-ban-flag-burning\/\" title=\"Years before ...\u2019s executive order, McConnell helped block a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning\">hostage-freeing ceasefire plan draws gratitude<\/a> from Israelis<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2369458\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>JERUSALEM &mdash; <\/strong>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s historic ceasefire plan between Israel and Hamas passed its first hurdle on Oct. 13, when the last 20 living <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israeli<\/a> hostages in captivity returned home to a grateful nation exhausted by two years of unrelenting war. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Trump&rsquo;s reported anger at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s decision to attack Hamas leaders in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/qatar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qatar<\/a> on Sept. 9, and the Israeli leader&rsquo;s initial reluctance to accept the ceasefire plan, the president and prime minister presented a friendly and united front as they &mdash; and the officials and negotiators who worked tirelessly on the plan &mdash; savored the hostages&rsquo; release and what Trump promised would be a new Middle East.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3853287\/gaza-triumph-rekindles-trump-interest-ukraine-peace\/\">Gaza triumph rekindles Trump&#8217;s interest in a Ukraine peace deal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3843872\/trump-reduces-deficit-with-tariffs-signature-tax-law\/\">Trump reduces the deficit by 4% with tariffs and his signature tax law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine\/3853049\/chatgpt-artificial-intelligence-erotica-relationships\/\">All&rsquo;s fair in love and AI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Accompanied by Netanyahu, Trump traveled to Jerusalem, a city festooned in American and Israeli flags, to address Israel&rsquo;s parliament. Despite being on holiday vacation, parliamentarians filled the Knesset to thank Trump and give him a hero&rsquo;s welcome, with cheers and standing ovations. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Israel&rsquo;s lawmakers, Trump promised that &ldquo;this is not only the end of a war, this is the end of an age of terror and death and the beginning of the age of faith and hope, and of God. This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A person pastes a heart-shaped sticker on a banner with pictures of Israeli hostages during a a gathering at a plaza known as hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Oded Balilty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The president also warmly praised Netanyahu for &ldquo;having the courage&rdquo; to end the war with Hamas, while wryly acknowledging that the prime minister &ldquo;is not the easiest person to deal with, but that&rsquo;s what makes him great.&rdquo; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu called Trump &ldquo;the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House. No American president has ever done more for Israel than this one, and as I said in Washington, it ain&rsquo;t even close.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Amir Ohana, the speaker of the Knesset, told Trump that he and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) would rally the support of world leaders to nominate the president for next year&rsquo;s Nobel Peace Prize. &ldquo;There is no one more deserving than you, President Trump,&rdquo; Ohana said.<\/p>\n<p>The Nobel committee recently awarded the 2025 Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, much to Trump&rsquo;s chagrin.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond jubilation of Oct. 13, however, Israelis understand that Trump&rsquo;s support is conditional, based on what he believes is in the best interests of the U.S. &mdash; and himself.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, &ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s record does indeed distinguish him as a president deeply committed to Israel&rsquo;s security,&rdquo; said Scott Abramson, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. &ldquo;He supports Israel not out of religious conviction or ideological principle but for transactional reasons: Israel serves American interests. He sees the Jewish state as a force multiplier for American interests in the region.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Abramson said, &ldquo;there are some irritants in the relations between America and Israel,&rdquo; particularly related to Trump&rsquo;s respect for and reliance on Turkey and Qatar to keep Hamas in line. Both countries pressured Hamas to accept the peace plan. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ziv Berman, an Israeli hostage released from the Gaza Strip gestures from the window of a helicopter landing at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Leo Correa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Qatar and Turkey are American allies, but they&rsquo;re also patrons of Hamas and are hostile to Israel,&rdquo; Abramson said. &ldquo;Jerusalem watched with alarm when, in late September, Trump received [Turkish] President [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan at the White House and hinted that he may sell Turkey the F-35 jets it has long coveted.&rdquo; Israel fears that if Turkey, a NATO country with a large modern army, procures the super-sophisticated warplanes, it will threaten Israel&rsquo;s military superiority. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Israel was also concerned when, days later, Trump issued an executive order guaranteeing Qatar&rsquo;s security, after Israel&rsquo;s Qatar airstrike. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sara Yael Hirschhorn, a historian at the University of Haifa and a fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute, said that Trump appears to feel a &ldquo;strong personal connection&rdquo; to the Jewish people, likely thanks to his daughter Ivanka&rsquo;s decision to convert to Judaism. Beyond that, &ldquo;the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre had a deep personal impact. It seems to have had a kind of instinctual moral pull on him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Qatar, a country that provides a haven to terrorists and financially supports anti-Israel activism around the world, is key to American interests, Hirschhorn said. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The largest U.S. air force base in the Middle East is in Qatar. It is extremely important for the U.S. to project power in the region. It also protects oil, which is critical to the American economy.&rdquo; The U.S. also has a long relationship with Turkey, an increasingly powerful country in the region. &ldquo;The U.S. wants to see Qatar and Turkey as allies and not adversaries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Israel&rsquo;s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before he boards Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport, Oct. 13, 2025, near Tel Aviv. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jonathan Conricus, a former IDF spokesman and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, is also concerned about Trump&rsquo;s increasingly warmer ties with Turkey, a remnant of the once-vast Ottoman Empire. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Turkey under Erdogan is on a war footing, driven by imperialist dreams of a glorious past. It is extremely hostile toward Israel. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-never-knew-what-youre-going-to-see-reporter-watches-as-marjorie-taylor-greene-confronts-ocasio-cortez-demands-answers\/\" title=\"\u2018You Never Knew What You\u2019re Going To See\u2019: Reporter Watches As Marjorie Taylor Greene Confronts Ocasio-Cortez, Demands Answers\">supports terrorist groups<\/a> and a very negative agenda in the Middle East. It manages a diplomatic and media campaign against Israel that strengthens its enemies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3813376\/what-is-antifa-trump-terrorist-designation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHAT IS ANTIFA AND HOW DOES TERRORIST DESIGNATION AFFECT LEFT-WING NETWORK?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If Trump decides to reward Turkey&rsquo;s role in the peace process with access to F-35s, &ldquo;that would be a direct threat to Israel,&rdquo; Conricus said.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump&rsquo;s interests do not always align with Israel&rsquo;s interests, Conricus said, &ldquo;his actions show he is indeed a true friend and supporter of Israel, which he sees as an American asset and a reflection of U.S. military prowess and influence.&rdquo; Beyond Israel&rsquo;s military relationship with the U.S., which provides American jobs and allows the U.S. to utilize Israel as a kind of &ldquo;battle lab&rdquo; to test its weapons, &ldquo;Trump has an interest in seeing Israel defeat its enemies,&rdquo; Conricus said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Michele Chabin is a journalist whose work has appeared in&nbsp;<\/em>Cosmopolitan<em>,&nbsp;the<\/em>&nbsp;Forward<em>,&nbsp;<\/em>Religion News Service<em>,&nbsp;<\/em>Science<em>,&nbsp;<\/em>USA Today<em>,&nbsp;<\/em>U.S. News &amp; World Report<em>, and the&nbsp;<\/em>Washington Post<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s ceasefire plan wins thanks as hostages return home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3569,"featured_media":2499909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25286309626129.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[13427,12021,65381,4671,3634],"class_list":["post-2499908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ceasefire","tag-gratitude","tag-hostage-freeing","tag-israel","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25286309626129.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3569"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499908"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499912,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499908\/revisions\/2499912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2499909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}