Trump’s Great Speech at the Knesset: A Historic Moment, But One Key Flaw

President Donald Trump’s speech at the Knesset last week marked a significant and monumental moment for Israel, one that celebrated the remarkable deal that freed all the live hostages as a first step, something that Hamas never agreed to in past deals.

Trump’s words, delivered with the kind of energy and enthusiasm we’ve come to expect from him, were filled with optimism, showing deep, deep support for Israel, its security, and its right to defend itself. And he did not care about making the leaders of the Arab world wait for him for over seven hours in the “peace” summit in Egypt.

There’s no denying the scale of this accomplishment. Trump’s vision of a Middle East where Israel stands as a pillar of strength and a key partner to the United States—and to the wider world—is truly inspiring. The plan he and Netanyahu are advancing, to create a land bridge linking Israel and Saudi Arabia and establishing a direct economic pipeline from the U.S. to India with Israel as the linchpin, is both bold and innovative.

Yet, as grand as the speech was, and as ambitious as the Trump-Netanyahu plan promises to be, it still misses one crucial, undeniable truth: it won’t bring peace.

Let’s be clear. The idea of peace in the Middle East, especially with Israel at the center, is a noble one, but we have to be honest about the conditions that must exist for peace to truly take root. The reality is that a mere pause in hostilities does not equate to peace. The speech might have painted an image of hope for a new era of relations between Israel and its neighbors, but it doesn’t directly address the fundamental issue that has plagued this region for over a millennium: the ideological and religious jihadist agenda that calls for the obliteration of Israel and the Islamic takeover of the world.

What Trump and Netanyahu fail to communicate to both countries, and the world, is the nature of the enemy we face, an enemy not simply bent on ter