The US Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, delivered remarks last night in Tel Aviv, Israel, alongside First Daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, and touted the historic peace agreement between Hamas and Israel, which President Trump successfully negotiated.
During his speech, the crowd in Tel Aviv gave an interesting response, booing their own leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while cheering and chanting “Thank you” to the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
Finally, once again, America has a leader who is respected and loved across the world– even more than the citizens’ own leaders.
Witkoff’s speech was met with booes as he mentioned the Israeli leader’s name.
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However, when he just mentioned Trump’s name, the crowd broke out, chanting “Thank you, Trump!” They continued to cheer throughout his commendation of Trump’s leadership.
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Witkoff: To President Donald J. Trump, a man who is a humanitarian, through and through, with the indomitable spirit, who once again proved that bold leadership and moral clarity can reshape history and change the world. We all owe a debt of deep gratitude to President Trump. In the in the worst of times, in the worst of times, he refused to accept the idea that peace in the Mideast was out of reach.
He brought together nations once divided by generations of conflict, and showed us that shared peace is stronger than shared pain. History will remember that when others doubted, President Trump believed. He is the greatest President in American history, and we’re here because of him. He showed the world that strength and peace go hand in hand. They are not opposites, they are partners.
Here’s a comparison of him mentioning Netanyahu versus mentioning Trump:
The Times of Israel reported on the moment:
Parts of the massive crowd at a rally for the hostages in Tel Aviv on Saturday night broke into a chorus of boos at the mention of Benjamin Netanyahu’s name, repeatedly interrupting US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff’s praise of the prime minister.
Witkoff and Kushner drew cheers from the attendees. As he prepared to speak, an adoring crowd waving Israeli and American flags chanted: “Thank you, Witkoff.”
“I dreamed of this night for a long time. This is the most powerful sight,” he began, marveling at the size of the crowd, which he estimated at more than 100,000. (Organizers claimed half a million.)
But the reaction of the crowd changed when Witkoff started to praise the premier’s role in negotiations.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump departed the White House en route to Tel Aviv and the Middle East on Sunday evening to officially sign off on Phase One of his 20-point peace plan between Israel and Hamas.
” This is going to be a very special time,” he said before leaving the United States, noting that hundreds of thousands in Israel and Muslim countries are “cheering.”
“It’s an honor to be involved, and we’re going to have an amazing time, and it’s going to be something that’s never, never happened before.”
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