Bill Clinton praises Trump for Israel-Hamas ceasefire: ‘Deserve great credit’
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Former President Bill Clinton praised President Donald Trump for his administration’s efforts to broker an Israel-Hamas ceasefire, saying the president and regional partners “deserve a great deal of credit” for keeping negotiations on track.
“The horrors of the Israeli attack on October 7, 2023, and the conflict it reignited, have resulted in unbearable human losses,” Clinton wrote. “It was difficult to watch and almost impossible to rationalize.”
“I am grateful that the ceasefire has been reached, the last 20 hostages have been released, and desperately needed aid has begun to flow into Gaza,” he continued. “President Trump and his administration, Qatar and other regional actors deserve great credit for ensuring everyone was engaged until an agreement was reached.”
Clinton added that Israel and Hamas, with the support of the United States, the region and the world, must turn this sensitive moment into lasting peace that will ensure the dignity and security of both Palestinians and Israelis.
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“I believe they can get there, but only if they do it together,” Clinton said.
The praise for Trump comes after years of feuding between him and the Clintons.
The dispute stemmed from Trump’s relentless attacks on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign, in which he branded the former secretary of state “Crooked Hillary.”
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Former President Bill Clinton, shown here in a recent photo, said on Oct. 13, 2025, that President Trump and regional leaders “deserve great credit” for brokering the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Clinton Global Initiative)
The Clintons also argued that Trump’s presidency undermined democratic norms.
While Trump has periodically revived the feud, Bill Clinton has also criticized him, particularly for his handling of Israel-Iran tensions in June.
At the time, Bill Clinton expressed doubts about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump’s intentions for peace in the Middle East. He called on Trump to calm the situation and end the “constant direct killing of civilians.”
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President Donald Trump speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport before boarding his flight to Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Bill Clinton said during a guest appearance on The Daily Show: “First of all, they’re not talking about negotiating peace in the Middle East because the Israelis have no intention of giving the Palestinians a state under Prime Minister Netanyahu. And now they’re too divided and crushed to organize themselves to achieve that.”
He suggested that Trump agrees with Netanyahu that Palestinians “should not have a state.” But he added that neither leader wanted to trigger a full-scale regional disaster.
“Mr. Netanyahu has long wanted to fight Iran because that way he could stay in office forever. So he spent most of the last 20 years there,” the former president said. “But I think we should try to neutralize it, and I hope President Trump will do that.”
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, had a years-long feud with President Donald Trump. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
While Bill Clinton emphasized that the USA should protect its allies in the region, he also called for moderation.
“We must convince our friends in the Middle East that we will stand by them and try to protect them,” he said. “But choosing undeclared wars where the real victims are civilians who are not politically involved in one way or another, but just want to live a decent life, is not a good solution.”
Bill Clinton acknowledged that the United States should work to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, but he reiterated that innocent lives in the region must be protected.
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“Do I think we should try to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons? I think so,” he said. “But there is no need for civilians who cannot defend themselves and just want a chance to live to be continually killed in this way.”
Days later, President Trump launched Operation Midnight Hammer, using B-2 bombers and other jets to strike multiple uranium sites in Iran.
Hillary Clinton also praised Trump for the progress he has made on Israel-Hamas peace.
“I really appreciate President Trump and his administration, as well as Arab leaders in the region, for committing to the 20-point plan and seeing a path forward for what is often called the next day,” he told CBS News after Hamas accepted Trump’s peace plan.
Hillary Clinton also appeared to walk back her criticism of Trump in August, just before Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Appearing on the “Angry Moderates” podcast, Clinton said she could nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize if he succeeds in getting Putin to end the war and give Russia back all the territory it seized in Ukraine.
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“You know, look, if we could achieve this — if President Trump were the architect of this — I would nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize,” he said during the interview.
Fox News Digital’s Marc Tamasco and Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.
