Amir Ohana [Speaker of Knesset]: [inaudible] an American president, but a giant of Jewish history. One for whom we must look back two and a half millennial, into the mists of time, to find a parallel, Cyrus The Great. You, President Donald J. Trump, are a colossus, who will be enshrined in the pantheon of history. Thousands of years from now, Mr. President, the Jewish people will remember you.
President Trump: We gather on a day of profound joy, of soaring hope, of renewed faith, and above all, a day to give our deepest thanks to the Almighty God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
President Trump: This is not only the end of a war, this is the end of a age of terror and death, and the beginning of the age of faith, and hope, and of God. It's the start of a grand concord and lasting harmony for Israel, and all the nations of what will soon be a truly magnificent region. This is the historic dawn of a new Middle-East.
President Trump: Generations from now, this will be remembered as the moment that everything began to change, and change very much for the better. Like the USA right now, it will be the Golden Age of Israel, and the Golden Age of the Middle-East. It's gonna work together.
President Trump: This is now a very exciting time for Israel, and for the entire Middle-East, because all across the Middle-East, the forces of chaos, terror, and ruin that have plagued the region for decades, now stand weakened, isolated, and totally defeated. A new coalition of proud and responsible nations is emerging, and because of us, the enemies of all civilization are in retreat.
He apparently held up a sign saying 'Recognize Palestine', according to Katie Pavlich.
President Trump: In Lebanon, the dagger of Hezbollah, long aimed at Israel's throat, has been totally shattered. My administration is actively supporting the new president of Lebanon in his mission to permanently disarm Hezbollah's terror brigades; he's doing very well, and build a thriving state at peace with it's neighbors.
President Trump: Together we've shown that peace is not just a hope that we can dream about, it's a reality that we can build upon. Day by day, person by person, and nation by nation. And because of that, the Middle-East is finally ready to embrace it's extraordinary potential. It should now be clear to everyone throughout the region, that decades of fomenting terror and extremism, jihadism and antisemitism, have not worked. They haven't worked. They've been a disaster. They've just killed. They've killed. They backfired completely and totally; they've just totally backfired.Everything that you've thought; take it worst case, it's turned out worse than that. From Gaza to Iran, those bitter hatreds have delivered nothing but misery, suffering, failure, and death. They've served, not to weaken Israel, but to annihilate the very forces that did the most to foment this hatred, and everybody that's tried it has become irrelevant. Meanwhile, we've seen those nations that set aside their differences, reached across ancient divides, and pursued engagement, are now among the most successful in the region.
President Trump: Instead of building fortresses to keep enemies at bay, the nations of this region should be building infrastructure to weave your commerce closer together.
President Trump: Neither the United States nor Israel bear the people of Iran any hostility, we merely want to live in peace, we don't want any looming threats over our heads, and we don't want to even think in terms of nuclear destruction. It's not going to happen. Never will happen. There;s nothing that would do more good for this part of the world, than for Iran's leaders to renounce terror, stop threatening their neighbors, quit funding their militant proxies, and finally recognize Israel's right to exist. They have to do that.
President Trump: For thousands of years, Jerusalem has been a home to Christians, Jews, Muslims, and people of all ethnicities and creeds. This is the Holy Center of the world's three great Abrahamic faiths, adorned with their sacred sites, and alive with their pilgrims and their visitors from every corner of the globe.
President Trump: Now we are going to forge a future that is worthy of our heritage. We're going to build a legacy that all the of this region can be proud of. New bonds of friendship, cooperation, and commerce, will join Tel Aviv to Dubai, Haifa to Beirut, Jerusalem to Damascus, and from Israel to Egypt. From Saudi Arabia to Qatar, from India to Pakistan, from Indonesia to Iraq, from Syria to Bahrain, Turkey to Jordan, the United Arab Emirates to Oman, and Armenia to Azerbaijan, we are going to have hope, harmony, and happiness here in the spiritual and geographic center of the entire world. Israel, America, and all of the nations of the Middle-East, will soon be safer, stronger, greater, and more prosperous than ever before.