"So, Joe, on the two sides of that, I can remember in the month or so after October 7, an Israeli senior official saying to me, we are so disoriented and traumatized by this war. The United States is going to have to make decisions for us. Joe Biden could never do that. And Donald Trump was able to do it."
"Ignatius then praised Trump for showing regional leaders in the Middle East that he was serious about peace while quietly sending his team and unlikely emissary Steve Witkoff to work behind the scenes week by week toward a final 20-point peace plan. That is something that Joe Biden, for all his desire for peace, wasn't able to do, he concluded."
President Donald Trump announced a Gaza ceasefire and an initial exchange of hostages and prisoners, saying all hostages will be released soon. Israeli and Arab leaders viewed Trump as the only figure able to resolve the conflict amid Israeli disorientation after October 7. Israeli officials reported trauma and urged U.S. decision-making. Trump declared the war must end and opposed West Bank annexation sought by right-wing Israelis. Trump deployed a team and emissary Steve Witkoff to negotiate a 20-point peace plan behind the scenes. Observers contrasted Trump’s breakthrough with President Biden’s inability to stop the war over two years.
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