'BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!' Trump brings an end to another bloody war ahead of Nobel Prize announcement



Putting his doubters to shame once again, President Donald Trump has successfully brokered a peace in Gaza. The deal, which the Israeli government will vote on Thursday, was signed just days before the announcement of this year's coveted Novel Peace Prize.

Israel has fought several wars with Hamas since the terrorist organization won Palestinian elections in 2006. The latest conflict between the two parties has been particularly brutal.

In the two years since Oct. 7, 2023 — the day Hamas slaughtered 1,200 Israelis, including hundreds of civilians, and took 251 hostages — Israel has lost at least 466 soldiers, including several colonels, in its Gaza counteroffensive. According to the Hamas-run Gazan health authority whose casualty estimates remain in question, there have been well over 65,000 Gazan fatalities.

President Donald Trump, who has earned a reputation not only for hating wars but for ending them, has worked ardently to secure peace in the Gaza Strip.

Late last month, he announced a 21-point peace plan for Gaza — a plan lauded by leaders around the globe.

Hamas promptly agreed to the deal, which requires an immediate end to the fighting; a return of the Israeli hostages; Israel's release of thousands of Gazans detained after Oct. 7, 2023; a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza City, Rafah, and other heavily populated areas; and a resumption of aid to Gaza "without interference from the two parties."

Trump revealed in a Truth Social post on Wednesday evening that "Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan."

'He deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for this.'

"This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace," wrote Trump. "All Parties will be treated fairly!"

Trump emphasized that "this is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America."

"BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!" added the president.

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As Trump's name was reportedly chanted in the streets of Gaza and Israel alike, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, "Through steadfast resolve, powerful military action, and the great efforts of our great friend and ally President Trump, we have reached this critical turning point."

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"I thank President Trump for his leadership, his partnership, and his unwavering commitment to the safety of Israel and the freedom of our hostages," added Netanyahu.

An Israeli government official told the Telegraph that Netanyahu's government will vote on whether to certify the peace plan around 5 p.m. local time. Within 72 hours of the approval, the exchange of hostages and prisoners is supposed to commence.

Ahead of the Israeli vote, there have been renewed calls for Trump to finally receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Trump has brokered peaceful resolutions between Azerbaijan and Armenia; Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cambodia and Thailand; and India and Pakistan. He has also worked to smooth things over between Egypt and Ethiopia as well as between Kosovo and Serbia during his first term.

While any one these accomplishments would appear prizeworthy, a European diplomat told the Financial Times ahead of Trump's Wednesday announcement, "This is different. Gaza would be a big deal."

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wrote in response to Trump's announcement, "Undoubtedly, President Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize."

Israeli President Isaac Herzog similarly noted, "There is no doubt that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for this."

In his Sept. 30 address to military leaders in Quantico, Virginia, Trump said of the Nobel Peace Prize, "They'll give it to some guy that didn't do a damn thing."

After suggesting that a decision by the Nobel committee members on Oct. 10 not to award him the prize would "be a big insult to our country," Trump noted, "I don't want it. I want the country to get it."

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Police rule out terrorism as motive behind Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting; two teens in custody



The Kansas City Chiefs' victory parade in the team's Missouri hometown ended in bloodshed Wednesday afternoon. Gunshots rang out west of Union station just as the festivities were winding down, causing panic and confusion.

A pair of heroic dads managed to subdue one alleged gunman, but only after 22 people were wounded and a beloved mother of two was slain.

It was initially unclear what prompted the monstrous attack, although some suspected terrorism might have been to blame. Police have since revealed that a personal "dispute" between multiple thugs, not terrorism, was to blame.

Two teenagers are presently in custody. Police may yet make more arrests, as they suspect others may have been involved in the shooting.

The shooting

According to the Kansas City Missouri Police Department, shots were first fired around 2 p.m. Wednesday, west of Union Station, where a stage had been erected for speeches by Kansas City Chiefs players. Nearly 1 million people were estimated to have been in the downtown area at the time to celebrate the Chiefs' Super Bowl win.

The shooting caused panic, prompting some fans to take cover and others to run to safety.

KCMPD Chief Stacey Graves confirmed Thursday that at least 22 people were wounded in the shooting, in addition to Elizabeth Galvan, a 43-year-old radio disc jockey and a mother of two, who was fatally shot. The ages of the victims ranged from 8 to 47, and at least half of the wounded were under the age of 16.

Blaze News previously detailed how two fathers who had taken their kids to the parade spotted an individual believed to be a shooter and subdued him.

Graves celebrated the effort by bystanders to take action in the face of evil, reported the New York Times.

"They helped one another and even physically stopped a person who was believed to be involved in the incident," said Graves. "Your selfless act did not go unnoticed."

A 'dispute'

Graves indicated in a Thursday update that "preliminary investigative findings have shown there was no nexus to terrorism or homegrown violent extremism."

"This appeared to be a dispute between several people that ended in gunfire," said the police chief.

Jacob Gooch Sr., a survivor of the shooting, told "CBS Mornings" that just moments prior to the shooting, he overheard an "altercation" punctuated by a girl pleading, "Don't do it. Not here. This is stupid."

"My daughter said that some lady was holding him back, and people started backing up, and he pulled it out and starting shooting and spinning in a circle," said Gooch.

Gooch indicated he took a bullet to the foot; his wife was shot in her calf; and his son was struck in the foot. His daughter, fortunately, was left unscathed.

When pressed on whether he saw anything out of the ordinary prior to the shooting, Gooch noted he had been "suspicious of a certain group of people that were there. We were standing ... on the left side of the stage when the shooting ended up happening, and right before it ended up happening, there was this group dressed in all black, about four, five, six kids — looked like kids — with black on, black masks, and they disappeared into the crowd."

Graves noted that two juveniles are in police custody. While charges have yet to be filed, Graves indicated the department has only 24 hours to do so; otherwise it will have to cut the teens loose.

The chief also noted that investigators are looking into whether others were involved in the shooting.

"It should be noted that we have recovered several firearms," said Graves.

The Democrat-run city has long had an issue with violence, particularly gang- and youth-related violence.

Last month, another shooting occurred inside a popular shopping mall in downtown Kansas City, leaving six people wounded. The Star reported that what apparently triggered the shooting was a disturbance between two groups of "youths."

According to the Kansas City Star, the city set a record last years for homicides with at least 185 slayings. Over 240 were slain across the metro area. The previous year, there were 171 homicides.

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Levin: Hamas are 'Nazi murderers' who aim to bring about 'the second Holocaust'



What’s happening in Israel is what Mark Levin refers to as “the second Holocaust.”

While he is well aware that 6 million Jews are not being slaughtered, he also recognizes that those who are raping, kidnapping, and beheading Israelis want to slaughter 7 million.

“That’s the whole point of this, and there the atrocities are just unspeakable. The inhumanity is unspeakable,” he says.

“They want to blame the Jews and they want to blame Israel,” Levin continues. “Their long-term if not short-term goal is to blow the Jews out. To obliterate them, to mass kill them, genocide. That’s their objective. That’s why you see the atrocities today.”

Hamas is a branch of one of the most vicious terrorist organizations on the face of the earth, which has killed many Americans and committed many acts of terrorism. Now Hamas has joined forces with Iran — and Biden chose to unfreeze $6 billion for Iran not weeks before the invasion of Israel.

“These terrorists, these Nazi murderers, they want to do the same to every human being in the United States. Every one of us, and they did attack us more than once, and they’re going to attack us again, which is why Iran must be denied a nuclear weapon,” Levin says.

However, “the Biden administration is clearing the path for them to acquire one,” he adds.

Levin notes that the equivalency Biden’s media is creating between the Palestinians and the Israelis by reporting on how many Palestinians die in the Gaza strip is “disgusting.”

“During World War II, did our media keep a running tab on how many Japanese we killed? How many Germans we killed? How many Italians we killed? Of course not,” he says, explaining that no mercy is required if good is going to prevail.

“There’s good and there’s evil. Good people trying to survive will not survive if they don’t destroy evil. And evil needs to be sent back to hell.”


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