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People holding up a giant sign after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct 11.
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Wherever he went in the Middle East this week, US President Donald Trump was showered with praise for leading efforts to stop the Gaza war.
Yet in all the compliments heaped upon him, one refrain remained constant: Mr Trump apparently deserves to win the Nobel Peace Prize. The Speaker of the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, went even further: he vowed to mobilise his peers in other friendly legislatures on a joint petition begging the Nobel Peace Prize Committee to bestow next year’s medal on the US President.
