{"id":73426,"date":"2025-10-14T06:53:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/73426\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T06:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:53:25","slug":"bill-clinton-praises-trump-for-israel-hamas-ceasefire-deserve-great-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/73426\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Clinton praises Trump for Israel-Hamas ceasefire: &#8216;Deserve great credit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Former President Bill Clinton praised President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Donald Trump<\/a> for his administration\u2019s efforts in brokering the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, saying the president and regional partners &#8220;deserve great credit&#8221; for keeping negotiations on track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;The horrors of the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the conflict they reignited have resulted in unbearable human loss,&#8221; Clinton wrote. &#8220;It has been hard to watch and nearly impossible to rationalize.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m grateful that a ceasefire has taken hold, that the last 20 hostages have been freed, and that desperately needed aid has begun to flow into Gaza,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;President Trump and his administration, Qatar, and other regional actors deserve great credit for keeping everyone engaged until the agreement was reached.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Clinton added that, with support from the U.S., the region, and the world, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Israel and Hamas<\/a> must try to turn this &#8220;fragile moment into lasting peace that provides the dignity and security of both Palestinians and Israelis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/world-leaders-praise-landmark-israel-hamas-peace-deal-mediated-us-new-horizon-hope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WORLD LEADERS PRAISE &#8216;LANDMARK&#8217; ISRAEL-HAMAS PEACE DEAL MEDIATED BY US: &#8216;NEW HORIZON OF HOPE&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe that they can get there, but only if they do it together,&#8221; Clinton said.<\/p>\n<p>The praise for Trump comes after a years-long feud between him and the Clintons.<\/p>\n<p>The feud stemmed from Trump\u2019s relentless attacks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/hillary-clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> during the 2016 presidential campaign, when he branded the former secretary of state &#8220;Crooked Hillary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/could-trump-win-nobel-peace-prize-after-israel-hamas-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">COULD TRUMP WIN THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AFTER ISRAEL-HAMAS DEAL?<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bill-clinton.jpg\" alt=\"Former President Bill Clinton smiling while sitting in a chair.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Former President Bill Clinton, shown here in a recent photo, said on Oct. 13, 2025, that President Trump and regional leaders &#8220;deserve great credit&#8221; for brokering the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. (Noam Galai\/Getty Images for Clinton Global Initiative)<\/p>\n<p>The Clintons have also argued that Trump\u2019s presidency undermined democratic norms.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump periodically revives the feud, Bill Clinton has also criticized him \u2014 particularly over his handling of Israel-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Iran<\/a> tensions in June.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Bill Clinton expressed skepticism about Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/benjamin-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> and Trump\u2019s intentions for peace in the Middle East. He urged Trump to calm the situation and end the &#8220;outright constant killing of civilians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/trump-announces-israel-agrees-gaza-initial-withdrawal-line-3000-year-catastrophe-nears-end\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TRUMP ANNOUNCES ISRAEL AGREES TO GAZA &#8216;INITIAL WITHDRAWAL LINE&#8217; AS &#8216;3,000 YEAR CATASTROPHE&#8217; NEARS END<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/trump-netanyahu-leaving.jpg\" alt=\"President Donald Trump speaks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport before boarding his plane to Sharm El-Sheikh.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump speaks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport before boarding his plane to Sharm El-Sheikh, on Oct. 13, 2025, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First of all \u2014 they\u2019re not talking about negotiating peace in the Middle East because the Israelis have no intention of\u2026 under Prime Minister Netanyahu, of giving the Palestinians a state. And now, they\u2019re too divided and crushed to organize themselves to achieve it,&#8221; Bill Clinton said during a guest appearance on &#8220;The Daily Show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued, maintaining that Trump agrees with Netanyahu in believing that the Palestinians &#8220;shouldn\u2019t have a state.&#8221; However, he added that neither leader wants to trigger a full-scale regional disaster.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Netanyahu has long wanted to fight Iran because that way he can stay in office forever and ever. I mean, he\u2019s been there most of the last 20 years,&#8221; the former president said. &#8220;But I think we should be trying to defuse it, and I hope President Trump will do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/trump-whole-world-came-together-secure-israel-hamas-peace-deal-deadlock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TRUMP SAYS &#8216;WHOLE WORLD CAME TOGETHER&#8217; TO SECURE ISRAEL-HAMAS PEACE DEAL AFTER MONTHS OF DEADLOCK<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hillary-and-bill-clinton-optimized.jpg\" alt=\"the clintons\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have had a years-long feud with President Donald Trump. (Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Bill Clinton emphasized the need for the U.S. to protect its allies in the region while also urging restraint.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to convince our friends in the Middle East that we\u2019ll stand with them and try to protect them,&#8221; he stated. &#8220;But choosing undeclared wars in which the primary victims are civilians, who are not politically involved, one way or the other, who just want to live decent lives, is not a very good solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bill Clinton conceded that the U.S. must try to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon but again stressed the need to protect innocent lives in the region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/trump-lauded-msnbc-liberal-media-figures-securing-israel-peace-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TRUMP LAUDED BY MSNBC, LIBERAL MEDIA FIGURES FOR SECURING ISRAEL PEACE DEAL<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/iran-israel-map-operation-midnight-hammer-large-map.jpg\" alt=\"A map shows the path taken by B2 stealth bombers during Operation Midnight Hammer.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>A map shows the path taken by B2 stealth bombers during Operation Midnight Hammer. (Fox News)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do I think that we have to try to stop Iran from having a nuclear weapon? I do,&#8221; he declared. &#8220;But we don\u2019t have to have all this outright constant killing of civilians who can\u2019t defend themselves, and they just want a chance to live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Days later, President Trump launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/terror\/bombings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Operation Midnight Hammer<\/a>, using B-2 bombers and other jets to strike multiple uranium sites in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Hillary Clinton also praised Trump for his Israel-Hamas peace breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really commend President Trump and his administration, as well as Arab leaders in the region, for making the commitment to the 20-point plan, and seeing a path forward for what is often called the day after,&#8221; she told CBS News after Hamas agreed to Trump&#8217;s peace plan.<\/p>\n<p>Hillary Clinton also appeared to pull back her digs at Trump in August, just before the president met with Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/personalities\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vladimir Putin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on the &#8220;Raging Moderates&#8221; podcast, Clinton said she would nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize if he succeeded in getting Putin to end his war and return all the territory Russia seized in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, look, if we could pull that off \u2014 if President Trump were the architect of that \u2014 I\u2019d nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize,&#8221; she said during the interview.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital\u2019s Marc Tamasco and Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>Story tips and ideas can be sent to Greg.Wehner@Fox.com and on Twitter @GregWehner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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