Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert praised President Donald Trump’s leadership in forging the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, saying on Newsmax Saturday that Trump was the only leader with the strength and influence to bring regional powers together and “restore a brief, shining moment of joy” to Israelis.
Speaking on Newsmax’s “Saturday Report,” Olmert credited President Donald Trump with orchestrating the breakthrough ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, calling his leadership unmatched and decisive in ending the violence.
“I have to say, I know that President Trump is always facing lots of different comments in America, for obvious reasons, part of geopolitics,” Olmert said. “But I knew for a long time that he’s perhaps the only person on Earth that had the power to create what has happened now, and he was the only one who had the leadership, the strength, the influence on all the different factions that were involved to create it.”
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