[Opinion] Israel, Hamas, and Trump's Quest for a Prize

Israel, Hamas, and Trump's Quest for a Prize

When news broke that Israel and Hamas had accepted a deal to end the Gaza war, a good number of American media — including both straight news reporters and opinion columnists — covered it through the lens of President Donald Trump’s quest for the Nobel Peace Prize. “I hope … President Trump is showered with praise,” wrote New York Times columnist and longtime Middle East writer Thomas Friedman in an article headlined “Give Trump the Nobel for Ga…

Trump’s quest for peace in Gaza

Should peace hold, Gaza deal will be US President’s greatest feat, even surpassing Abraham Accords of his first term that normalised ties between Israel and Arab nations US President Donald Trump visited Israel and Egypt this week to oversee the initial implementation of his Gaza peace agreement, which many hope will permanently end the two-year war in the strip. Should the peace hold, the Gaza accord will be Trump’s greatest foreign policy achi…