The American president will be in Israel and Egypt for the peace agreement and to help reshape the balance of the Middle Eastern chessboard
Today is a day that is about to be historic for the Middle East. In the morning, Donald Trump will address the Knesset and is also expected to have a meeting with the freed hostages. It also seems that he will have the opportunity to meet both Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog.
A few hours later, again today, the occupant of the White House will travel to Egypt, where an international summit will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, jointly chaired by Trump himself and Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi. American government sources reported yesterday to Times of Israel that, during the summit, “the United States, Egypt, Qatar and Türkiye are expected to sign up to the ‘general principles’ of Trump’s plan to end the Gaza war.” Around twenty international leaders are also expected at the event, including Giorgia Meloni.
In all of this, last night the Israeli prime minister released a video message in which he defined the imminent release of the hostages as a “historic event that some did not believe could happen”. “Wherever we have fought, we have won,” he continued, stressing however that “major security challenges” await the Jewish state. Meanwhile, again yesterday, the IDF chief of staff, Eyal Zamir, declared “victory” over Hamas. “We will continue to act to shape a security reality that ensures that no threat to the State of Israel and its citizens comes from the Gaza Strip,” he said, before adding: “With the return of the hostages, we are realizing one of the important objectives for which we went to war, an objective that is a national, moral and Jewish commitment.” “We acted with precision and professionalism, in a systematic and responsible manner. We took complex decisions so as not to jeopardize the safety of the hostages and significantly reduce losses among our forces,” he continued.
The day before last, the American envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, spoke during a well-attended demonstration in Tel Aviv, organized by the forum of the families of the hostages. “I dreamed this night. It’s been a long journey,” he said, while the crowd repeatedly exclaimed “Thank you, Trump!” “We are here tonight – Jews, Christians, Muslims and people from every corner of the world – united by a single common prayer for peace. Tonight we celebrate something extraordinary: a moment that many thought impossible. Yet here we are, a living demonstration that when courage meets conviction, miracles can happen: a peace that is born not of politics, but of courage, the courage of those who have refused to give up hope”, he had continued Witkoff.
In short, Trump begins this new Middle Eastern visit with the precise intention not only of confirming the agreement between Israel and Hamas but also of redesigning the political balance of the region.
