Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he is awarding President Trump the Israeli Prize, the Jewish state's highest award, which has never before gone to a non-Israeli citizen.
President Trump heralded a seismic shift in the Middle East as he addressed the Israeli parliament on Monday, hours after the final 20 living hostages taken by Hamas were returned to Israel as the first phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire takes shape after two years of war.
The shift in American culture towards justifying violence based on grievance, rather than condemning it, is leading to a weakening of accountability and a corrosion of individual and societal growth.
Israel said it had released more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners on Monday as part of a ceasefire deal that also secured the release of the 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza. The exchange marked the first phase of the Middle East peace deal that President Trump announced last week. The moment marked a major...