Since the 2024 election the Republican twice-president has been publicly pining for his shot at ending a conflict between Israel and Hamas. In Europe, the respective parties seem no closer to peace as the White House’s rhetoric around Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, seems to be souring. On Monday, Trump stood beside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and declared that peace was on the horizon, if only Hamas were to accept the terms engineered without their representatives’ consultation. The Israeli leader’s refusal to budge on that position was one of several factors blamed for a peace agreement not being reached under the previous U.S. administration. The White House and many in the media quickly pushed the notion that the ball is in Hamas’s court on Monday.