{"id":13191,"date":"2025-12-30T09:08:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T10:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=13191"},"modified":"2026-01-05T18:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:41:19","slug":"netanyahu-to-break-convention-with-state-prize-for-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/30\/netanyahu-to-break-convention-with-state-prize-for-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu to break convention with state prize for Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US president will be the first non-Israeli to receive the country\u2019s highest civilian honor, breaking decades-old tradition<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to award the Israel Prize, the country’s highest civilian honor, to US President Donald Trump – the first time the accolade will be bestowed upon a non-Israeli or a sitting foreign head of state.<\/p>\n

Speaking after a meeting at Trump\u044ds Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday, Netanyahu said the decision reflects “overwhelming sentiment”<\/em> in Israel regarding the US president’s support for the nation. The announcement breaks a 72-year tradition of honoring Israeli citizens for excellence and follows Trump’s exclusion from the Nobel Peace Prize shortlist in October.<\/p>\n

“President Trump has broken so many conventions,”<\/em> Netanyahu remarked, adding that Israel had therefore decided to “break a convention, too.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Trump, a close ally of Netanyahu and staunch supporter of Israel, called the award “surprising and very much appreciated.”<\/em> While the Israel Prize typically requires recipients to be citizens or residents of Israel for at least three years before nomination, there is an exception for those who have made a “special contribution towards the Jewish people,”<\/em> according to Jerusalem Post.<\/p>\n

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In October, Netanyahu lauded Trump as Israel’s “greatest friend ever”<\/em> following Hamas’ release of the last 20 surviving hostages taken during the October 7, 2023 attacks, as part of a Gaza peace deal facilitated by the US leader and his team.<\/p>\n

Ahead of his meeting with Netanyahu on Monday, Trump claimed that “almost every hostage released was due to my efforts… none were released during the Biden administration.”<\/em> However, 107 hostages were freed in 2023 while Joe Biden was president, with another 33 returned in early 2025 under a deal negotiated before the end of Biden’s term.<\/p>\n

In various speeches and interviews, Trump has asserted that he has “stopped eight wars,”<\/em> positioning himself as uniquely capable of imposing order on global conflicts through his personality and negotiating skills.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The US president will be the first non-Israeli to receive the country\u2019s highest civilian honor, breaking decades-old tradition Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to award the Israel Prize, the country’s highest civilian honor, to US President Donald Trump – the first time the accolade will be bestowed…<\/p>\n

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