Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington on Monday and visited the White House to meet again with President Donald Trump and, among other things, discuss a ceasefire agreement that could stop the fighting in Gaza.

“We are working to achieve this agreement that is being talked about,” he said Netanyahu told reporters before departing on Sunday, adding that he believed Trump “can definitely help advance this outcome, which we all hope for.” However, Netanyahu stole the show by announcing that he had nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Netanyahu presented Trump with the nomination letter during a White House dinner, where the two discussed the U.S. proposal for a 60-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The prime minister praised Trump’s efforts to promote peace “in many countries, but especially in the Middle East.” “It’s well deserved and you should get it,” Netanyahu said, referring to the Nobel Prize.

The announcement surprised Trump, who thanked the gesture, saying, “Coming from you, it’s very significant.”

Trump’s nomination for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize had already been submitted twice before: first by the Pakistani government on June 21, in recognition of the truce he brokered between India and Pakistan, and later by US Congressman Buddy Carter, who sent a letter of nomination to Oslo on Tuesday the 24th.

According to the Nobel Committee’s statutes, nominations can be made by members of national assemblies and the governments of sovereign states.

It is worth noting that Trump has made it clear that, following last month’s 12-day war between Israel and Iran, he wants the conflict in Gaza to end soon.

Trump has also promised to end the war in Ukraine, expressing on several occasions his desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize, stating that he deserves it as much or more than Barack Obama, who received it in 2009.

The Republican has cited as an example his government's mediation in the conflicts between Israel and Iran; India and Pakistan; the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda; and between Egypt and Ethiopia.

Netanyahu says he is close to finding countries to take in Gazans

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during his meeting with Trump that he is “close to finding several countries” willing to take in Palestinians who wish to leave the Gaza Strip, while US President Donald Trump assured that there is great “cooperation” in that regard.

The two offered these statements to the press at the start of a dinner at the White House, where they discussed the details of a 60-day truce agreement in Gaza that the Republican administration is pushing for.

When asked if his proposal to relocate Gazans out of the Strip was still in effect, Trump ceded the floor to Netanyahu, who declared: “If people want to stay, they can stay, but if they want to leave, they should be able to leave.”

“We are working very closely with The United States is working to find countries willing to make good on what they always say: that they want to give the Palestinians a better future. I think we're close to achieving that with several countries," Netanyahu said. Trump added that they have found "great cooperation from Israel's neighboring countries." "Something good will happen," he noted. Shortly after taking office in January, Trump proposed that the United States take control of the Gaza Strip and resettle its inhabitants in other countries. Israel maintains that such a plan would facilitate the voluntary emigration of Gazans. However, neighboring Arab countries have rejected Trump's idea, calling it ethnic cleansing and denouncing that it would make the future creation of a Palestinian state impossible.

Asked whether his proposal to relocate Gazans outside the Strip was still valid, Trump deferred to Netanyahu, who declared: “If people want to stay, they can stay, but if they want to leave, they should be able to leave.”

“We are working very closely with the United States to find countries that are willing to do what they always say: they want to give the Palestinians a better future. I think we are close to achieving that with several countries,” Netanyahu said.

Trump added that they have found “great cooperation from neighboring countries” to Israel. “Something good will happen,” he noted.

Shortly after taking office in January, Trump proposed that the United States take control of the Gaza Strip and that its inhabitants be resettled in other countries.

Israel maintains that such a plan would facilitate the voluntary emigration of Gazans. However, neighboring Arab countries have rejected Trump's idea, calling it ethnic cleansing and claiming it would make the future creation of a Palestinian state impossible.