Trump urges leaders to put 'old feuds' aside as he calls for a new era of harmony in the Middle East

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President Donald Trump called for a new era of harmony in the Middle East on Monday during a global summit on Gaza's future, trying to advance broader peace in the region after visiting Israel to celebrate a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Hamas.

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00:00This is the day that people across the region and around the world have been working, striving,

00:11hoping, and praying for. They have done things over the last month that I think were really

00:18unthinkable. Nobody thought this could happen. With the historic agreement we've just signed,

00:24those prayers of millions have finally been answered. After years of suffering and bloodshed,

00:30the war in Gaza is over. Humanitarian aid is now pouring in, including hundreds of truckloads of

00:37food and medical equipment and other supplies, much of it paid for by people in this room.

00:44Civilians are returning to their homes. The hostages are reuniting. I mean, it's beautiful.

00:49I'm just watching it backstage. The level of love and sorrow, I've never seen anything like it.

00:57It's amazing. The new and beautiful day is rising, and now the rebuilding begins. The rebuilding is

01:04maybe going to be the easiest part. I think we've done a lot of the hardest part. But today,

01:09for the first time, anyone can remember we have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to put the old feuds

01:15and bitter hatreds behind us. And that's why so many people in this room, they didn't get along.

01:22Some did, some didn't. But they're getting along now. This has brought the people together. This is

01:26the first time the Middle East crisis has brought people together as opposed to driving them apart

01:31and to declare that our future will not be ruled by the fights of the generations past,

01:37which is foolish. So together, let us continue in the spirit of cooperation and goodwill that has

01:43finally brought us to this incredible historic breakthrough.

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