{"id":285304,"date":"2026-02-11T07:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T07:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/285304\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T07:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T07:02:09","slug":"yoav-kisch-invites-donald-trump-to-israel-for-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/285304\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoav Kisch invites Donald Trump to Israel for Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Education Minister Yoav Kisch sent an official invitation to US President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-886205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> to attend the Israel Prize ceremony on Independence Day in Jerusalem, following the decision to grant him the award for a \u201cunique contribution to the Jewish people,\u201d according to a letter released by the minister on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Kisch wrote that the Israel Prize committee made a \u201chistoric decision\u201d to honor Trump for \u201cexceptional leadership\u201d and long-term impact on Israel\u2013US relations, reflecting \u201cthe deep and enduring friendship between our two nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kisch notified Trump of the award in December during Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/politics-and-diplomacy\/article-886242\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s<\/a> visit to the United States, the ministry said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The committee cited Trump\u2019s efforts to combat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-886248\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">antisemitism<\/a>, support for efforts to return hostages to Israel, recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital, and consistent backing of Israel\u2019s right to defend itself, including amid complex security challenges and the Iranian nuclear threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Kisch also stated he plans to present Trump with a one-of-a-kind sculpture designed by Ben Dror, a 24-year-old designer who has served approximately 600 days in reserve duty<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">The base is fashioned from stones of the Western Wall, symbolizing Jewish history, while a polished golden Star of David rises from the stones to represent rebirth, the future, and success.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, an N12 report indicated that, alongside his invitation to attend the ceremony, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-886270\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump<\/a> has been invited to light a torch at the 78th Independence Day ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">According to the report, the Israeli proposal has already been conveyed to Trump and his team, who have confirmed it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Education Minister Yoav Kisch sent an official invitation to US President Donald Trump to attend the Israel Prize&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,54,85,50936,46,96731,43,105127],"class_list":{"0":"post-285304","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-benjamin-netanyahu","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-independence-day","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-israel-prize","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-yoav-kisch"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}