Donald Trump was acclaimed a hero for bringing peace to the Middle East.

But the man who stood with him, Benjamin Netanyahu, set out the terms of that peace – and they were all about being ready for war.

One looked almost serene in victory. The other sounded triumphant.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport on Monday. Credit: Getty Images

The American president soaked up the adulation in a momentous day that cemented a ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages cruelly held for two years.

“My personality, actually, is all about stopping wars,” he said in Israel. Hours later, in Egypt, he praised the world leaders gathered around him. He spoke as if a lasting peace was assured.

There was so much a

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