Peace talk: Obama hails Mideast peace deal, fails to mention Trump’s name

by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2025 Real World News

Former President Barack Obama wasted no time weighing in on the Gaza ceasefire.

In a post to X on Thursday, the ex-president wrote:

“After two years of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza, we should all be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight; that those hostages still being held will be reunited with their families; and that vital aid can start reaching those inside Gaza whose lives have been shattered.

“More than that, though, it now falls on Israelis and Palestinians, with the support of the U.S. and the entire world community, to begin the hard task of rebuilding Gaza — and to commit to a process that, by recognizing the common humanity and basic rights of both peoples, can achieve a lasting peace.”

Missing from Obama’s post was the name of the person who actually brokered the ceasefire.

That would be President Donald Trump.

Scott McKay, contributing editor at The American Spectator, responded to Obama: “Why don’t you give Trump credit for brokering it? … It was Trump who got this deal done. Trump, who has done more to bring peace there than you ever did. He’s 1000 times the statesman you could ever claim to be. The least you could do would be to show him a modicum of respect.”

In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s full cabinet voted early Friday morning in favor of a government resolution on Gaza that provides for all hostages to be freed in the coming three-to-four days in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began withdrawing to new lines inside the Gaza Strip, after which a ceasefire will go into effect, the Times of Israel reported. Hamas will then have 72 hours in which it is required to release all the hostages, living and dead. (It has stated that it might not be able to locate all the dead hostages, and Israel is aware of this.)

Netanyahu said Israel “couldn’t have achieved it without the extraordinary help of President Trump and his team, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. They worked tirelessly with Ron [Dermer] and his team, our team. And that, and the courage of our soldiers, to enter Gaza, and combine military and diplomatic pressure that isolated Hamas, I think has brought us to this point.”

Meanwhile, Obama was slammed for his failure to acknowledge Trump’s leading role in the peace plan:

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