"President Trump has broken so many conventions to surprise people, so we decided to break a convention or create a new one,that is to award the Israel Prize, which in 80 years, we have never awarded to a non-Israeli, to President Trump.This was announced formally over lunch by our Minister
"UNRWA is not going to play any role in it. The UN we can; we're seeing the work they're doing. The World Food Programme. ..We're willing to work with them if they can make it work, but not UNRWA. UNRWA became a subsidiary of Hamas," the US State Secretary said.
US President Joe Biden called Benjamin Netanyahu a "friend for decades" and said he is looking forward to working with the new Israeli government to tackle the challenges in the middle east, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday.