Washington Examiner / Magazine
October 22, 2025 Issue
October 22, 2025 Print Edition
Cover Story
Peace seems possible in the Middle East, and Trump deserves considerable credit
The man Democrats often compare to Adolf Hitler was in the Jewish state on Oct. 13, delivering a rousing speech to the raucous applause of the Israeli Knesset. After brokering a ceasefire deal that saw the last 20 living hostages held by Hamas in Gaza returned home, President Donald Trump welcomed “the historic dawn of the new Middle East.” It wasn’t hyperbole. Trump praised Israel for winning the war but told those assembled it was time to embrace the peace. The former, of course, could never have happened without the latter. Israel decisively won the war following Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attacks because Trump allowed it to do so.  Anyone who has followed the Gaza conflict for more than a few minutes understands it’s a small miracle Trump convinced jihadists to release all the living hostages in return for a ceasefire. That accomplishment should not be overlooked. But Gaza was merely one prong of a multifront struggle with Iran. The Islamist regime had spent decades constructing an armed ring around the small Jewish state. Israel spent two years methodically, and brutally, dismantling it.  President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on Oct. 13 in Jerusalem. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo) The mullahs’ ally in Lebanon, Hezbollah, was severely wounded. This led to the collapse of the Syrian dictatorship. After Israel’s assassination attempt on the terrorist group's leaders in Doha, Qatar realized there...

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