Morning Bid: Truce trades ramp up as Trump touts Israel-Lebanon talks - Reuters

"Trump touts Israel-Lebanon talks"

— Donald Trump , Politician

"This is a historic opportunity."

— Marco Rubio , Politician

"I hope the talks would mark the beginning of the end of the suffering of the Lebanese people."

— Joseph Aoun , Politician

"The two countries had discovered they were on the same side in the goal of liberating Lebanon from Hezbollah."

— Yechiel Leiter , Executive

"The meeting was constructive, but I pressed for a ceasefire."

— Nada Hamadeh Moawad , Politician

"This is a historic opportunity."

— Marco Rubio , Politician

"I hope the talks would mark the beginning of the end of the suffering of the Lebanese people."

— Joseph Aoun , Politician

"The two countries had discovered they were on the same side in the goal of liberating Lebanon from Hezbollah."

— Yechiel Leiter , Executive

"I had pressed for a ceasefire."

— Nada Hamadeh Moawad , Politician

"On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day [on Tuesday], the German Chancellor should bow his head and apologize a thousand times on behalf of Germany, rather than daring to preach morality to us on how to conduct ourselves against the Nazis of our generation."

— Bezalel Smotrich , Politician

"I wish to unequivocally condemn Bezalel Smotrich’s tirade against Merz, in which he made reference to the Nazi regime."

— Ron Prosor , Other

"You should stay there, really, because something could be happening over the next two days, and we’re more inclined to go there."

— Donald Trump , Politician

"Israel-Lebanon talks in Washington were a historic opportunity."

— Marco Rubio , Politician

"I hope that the meeting in Washington... will mark the beginning of the end of the suffering of the Lebanese people in general, and those in the south in particular."

— Joseph Aoun , Politician

"I’m shocked at her. I thought she had courage, but I was wrong."

— Giorgia Meloni , Politician