Talks between Hamas and Israeli delegations mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States in Doha have not yet led to a new truce in Gaza.
Israel is seeking the release of its hostages, while Hamas is demanding an end to the ongoing bombardments and the resumption of humanitarian aid distribution by the United Nations. Aid is currently being solely provided by the controversial US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
In an attempt to short-circuit slow diplomacy, Trump had a lengthy meeting with Netanyahu in Washington on Monday, urging him to accept the terms of the latest ceasefire proposal.
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The Israeli president took the opportunity to present his US counterpart with a letter sent to the Nobel Committee proposing that the American president be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The gesture came as a shock to many, as the two heads of state spoke of progress in their plans to move Gaza's 2.3 million inhabitants out of the enclave – a plan that is unacceptable to the UN, which points out that any forced displacement of a population during a period of war is a violation of international law.
Gaza's health ministry reports that at least 56,156 Palestinians have been killed and 132,239 wounded between October 7, 2023 and June 25, 2025.
In this illustration, the American artist Kal depicts two human silhouettes in front of a rubble of cracked stone blocks forming the word "Gaza". Here, the enclave is nothing but a field of ruins.
One of the two figures believes that the Israeli prime minister deserves to receive the “piece prize”, a play on the words “peace prize”, to emphasise that the American president should be awarded a prize for leaving the region “in pieces” – in response to Netanyahu's nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Cartooning for Peace is an international network of cartoonists committed to promoting freedom of expression, human rights and mutual respect between people of different cultures and beliefs through the universality of press cartoons.
Kevin Kallaugher (Kal) is an American cartoonist who has published more than 8,000 cartoons and covered more than 140 magazines.
He is a contributor to The Economist since 1978 and The Baltimore Sun since 1988.
Kal worked for 10 years in London as a cartoonist for publications such as The Observer, The Sunday Telegraph, Today and The Mail on Sunday.
He has received numerous awards, including the Berryman Prize from the National Press Foundation (2002 and 2018) and the Grand Prize for Cartoon of the Year in Europe from Press Cartoon Europe (2014).
He was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2015 (press cartoon category).
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