‘Never Happened Before’: Trump Says Israel and Muslim Countries Are Celebrating For ‘First Time’ Together
President Donald Trump told reporters it is a “very special time” where Israel and Muslim countries are celebrating simultaneously — which he said has “never happened before” — after he spearheaded a deal between Israel and Hamas that will have dozens of hostages released on Monday.
The president, who appeared to be in a chipper mood when he approached the reporters on Sunday evening, shared his comment before boarding Air Force One on his way to Israel.
Trump said:
“This is a very special event. They had 500,000 people yesterday and today in Israel — and also the Muslim and Arab countries are all cheering. Everybody is cheering at one time. That’s never happened before. Usually, if you have one cheering, the other isn’t, the other is the opposite. This is the first time.
“Everybody is amazed and they’re thrilled and 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 happened before. So I’ll see you on the plane, and we’re going to have a good time.”
He was referring to a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday where hundreds of thousands of people celebrated the pending release of 48 hostages from Gaza; out of the remaining hostages, 20 are believed to be alive.
Saturday’s rally was held a little more than two years after terrorists broke into Israel from Gaza and killed 1,200 people and took hundreds of hostages. The crowd at one point broke into a chant of “Thank you, Trump! Thank you, Trump!” while Steve Witkoff, the president’s special envoy to the Middle East, was speaking.
Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law who reportedly played a key role in brokering the peace deal, told the Tel Aviv crowd he was waiting to celebrate until Monday. But he complimented the Israeli government and its citizens for how they responded to Hamas’ attack on October 7, 2023.
“Instead of replicating the barbarism of the enemy, you chose to be exceptional,” Kushner said. “You chose to stand for the values that you stand for, and I could not be more proud to be a friend of Israel.”
You can watch Trump’s brief comments above, via NewsNation.
