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WATCH LIVE: Trump addresses Israeli parliament as hostages released in landmark peace deal

UpNorthLive | November 19, 2025



President Trump is addressing Israelโ€™s parliament after all 20 surviving hostages have been released from Gaza.

โ€œAfter two harrowing years in darkness and captivity, 20 courageous hostages are returning to the glorious embrace of their families, and it is glorious,โ€ Trump said at the beginning of his speech.

The release of the hostages is the first phase of the peace deal between Israel and Hamas, with the remains of the other hostages expected to be released later on Monday.

Officials from the United States are also in attendance inside the Knesset, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Dan Caine, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and senior adviser Stephen Miller.

Ivanka Trump, the presidentโ€™s daughter, is also in attendance with her husband, Jared Kushner, who helped organize the peace deal with Steve Witkoff.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Knesset in Hebrew, thanking Trump multiple times.

Netanyahu also excitedly spoke about the return of the surviving hostages.

โ€œThis is your first visit to Israel since you recognized Jerusalem as our capital and moved the embassy here,โ€ the Israeli Prime Minister said. โ€œThank you for recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.โ€

Netanyahu then spoke in English, speaking to Trump and thanking him for the United States’ policies that benefit Israel.

โ€œThank you for recognizing in your 2020 peace plan our rights in Judea and Samaria, the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people. Thank you for withdrawing from the disastrous Iran nuclear deal. This is only a partial list, but itโ€™s enough to affirm what Iโ€™ve said time and again โ€“ Donald Trump is the greatest friend that the State of Israel has ever had in the White House,โ€ Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu said that he is โ€œcommitted to this peace,โ€ listed in Trumpโ€™s ceasefire plan.

According to Netanyahu, Trump has displayed โ€œpivotal leadership in putting forward a proposal that got the backing of almost the entire world.โ€

Amir Ohana, the speaker of the Knesset, addressed parliament members while praising Trump, saying that โ€œno one is more deservingโ€ than Trump to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, promising that Israel will nominate Trump next year.

โ€œThousands of years from now, Mr. President, the Jewish people will remember you. We are a nation that remembers,โ€ Ohana said.

Ohana thanked Trump multiple times, saying that โ€œnot a single person on this planet who did more than you to advance peace,โ€ and expressed his gratitude over Trumpโ€™s continued support of Israel.

After his address, Trump will travel to Egypt to join a Middle East peace summit.

Trump and more than 20 countries will discuss Gazaโ€™s future.

In addition to the hostages being released, 250 Palestinian prisoners who have been in Israel since Oct. 7, 2023, are also being released.

As Trump entered the room to give his speech, the Israeli Parliament broke out into applause that lasted for several minutes.

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  1. @LongLe-um9pl

    November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm

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  2. @lizzm7589

    November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm

    โคWhat a lovely and blessed day!!๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ…๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Everyone that participated to make this happen will be tremendously blessed!!!

  3. @saintgermain7402

    November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm

    There was NEVER a country called โ€œPalestine,โ€ only a British Territory in the area that was previously named Palestine! And these so-called Palestinians mostly came to this land, that God had promised to Israelโ€”FOREVERโ€”as small hated tribes of Arabs who fled out of the burning sands of Saudi Arabia. These mis-named "Palestinians" are one of the ancient enemies of the Jews, the born-again "Philistines."

    The Edomites, Moabites, and Canaanites have also opposed Israel throughout all biblical history as the haters, persecutors and murderers of the TRUE God and His People!

  4. @pizzaguymcpants6756

    November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm

    To the interrupters, maybe you should shipped out to Garza and voice your complaints ๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ
    ๐Ÿ™DJT/JD/NOMINEES/ELON ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ( JD AND KIRK 28)๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

  5. @venkataramaiah4424

    November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm

    Mr. TRUMP's speech is very power packed and Historic !๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰โคโคโคโคโค Hats off to his memory and Dynamism! โคโคโค๐ŸŽ‰

  6. @SharonLampert

    November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm

    โ€œYou cannot negotiate with Evil. Destroy the evil or be destroyed by the evil.โ€ Philosopher Queen Sharon Esther Lampert ๐Ÿ‘‘ Published 80+ Books ๐Ÿ“•

  7. @elizasheppard3943

    November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm

    For one reason God extended Our President Trumpโ€™s life to be able to help countries that are being destroyed by the evil ๐Ÿ˜ˆ people
    Glory be to God!
    Glory to Israel ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ โค

  8. @tldinnaturelover1021

    November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm

    Stay blessed Prs.Trump and God Bless USA, may the Lord keep you healthy and fit for his glorious work in his humanity.
    Love โคโคโค respect ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉนโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

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