Trump Officially Invited to Address Israel’s Knesset: We ‘Await the Peace President’

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Oct 9th, 2025, 5:14 pm

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President Donald Trump has been officially invited to address Israel’s law-making body, the Knesset.

Amir Ohana, Speaker of the Knesset, sent the invitation on Thursday as Israel anticipated the release of the remaining hostages from Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack.

“Today is a historic day,” the letter began. “Your leadership, courage, persistence, and vision have led not only to a deal securing the release of all Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7, but also to an unprecedented regional agreement accepted by nearly every nation in the Middle East.”

The letter referenced Trump’s first term, saying, “From recognizing Jeru

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