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Trump smiles after being given the nomination (Image: Getty)
Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In what looked like a surprise for Trump, Netanyahu told him of the nomination during a dinner between the two country’s delegations in Washington.
The pair discussed a ceasefire in Gaza, Iran’s nuclear programme and the situation in Syria before the Israeli Prime Minister handed over the nomination letter. The US President has made no secret of his desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize, with the move by Netanyahu likely to telling the president that it was “well deserved”. He said: “He’s forging peace as we speak, in one country, in one region after the other.”
The Israel PM praised Trump's role in bringing peace across the world (Image: Getty)
He was presented with the nomination for bringing about a ceasefire with Iran - after he unleashed devastation on the country's nuclear sites with B2 bombers.
“This I didn’t know,” Trump said as he took the letter. “Wow. Thank you very much. Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful.”
Trump has previously been nominated by Pakistan following his role in mediating between them and India when hostilities broke out earlier this year.
He did however have a nomination from Ukraine withdrawn by a politician who said that he had “lost any kind of faith” in the president’s ability to end the war in Ukraine.
The pair discussed a ceasefire in Gaza which could end the fighting for 60 days (Image: Getty)
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The talks in Washington come as Israel and Hamas edge closer to a ceasefire in Gaza that could bring about a 60 day pause in fighting.
Trump has been insistent throughout his presidency that he wants the fighting to stop and he reiterated that message following Israel’s 12-day war with Iran last month.
He said: “I think things are going to be really settled down a lot in the Middle East.”
While discussing the prospect of peace in Gaza, Netanyahu said that he was willing to make peace with Palestinians who “don’t want to destroy us,” as he added that he was working to find countries that would “give Palestinians a better future.”
He said: “We’ll work out a peace deal with our Palestinian neighbours, those who don’t want to destroy us, and we’ll work out a peace in which our security, the sovereign power of security, always remains in our hands.”
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