PRESS REVIEW – Friday, October 10: Israeli papers welcome the first phase of the peace deal in Gaza, but remind us that many things could overshadow it and that Palestinians and Israelis will wake up "under two very different skies". Also: the aftermath of Israel's strikes on Qatar turned out to be a key diplomatic moment in securing the deal. Finally, Norway is "bracing for Trump's reaction" if the US president doesn't win the Nobel Peace Prize. 

First, Israeli papers discuss the Trump-brokered peace deal in Gaza. The front page of right-wing Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post shows the outlines of Donald Trump's profile, filled with portraits of the hostages. The headline reads "He is bringing them home". An opinion piece in the paper says that the return of the hostages is "a blessing", but says calling the deal a victory is "premature". It says that although the deal is "encouraging and heartening", there are three main factors that could overshadow it: the fate of the 28 missing or dead hostages, doubts about phase two of the ceasefire deal, plus the fact that rebuilding Gaza might strengthen Hamas and not dismantle it. Left-wing paper Haaretz, instead, focuses on the fate of Palestinians in the enclave. The article says that "this is not a story of two sides finally finding peace" and reminds us that Israelis and Palestinians will wake up under two "very different skies: one free to heal, the other trapped in the ruins". Haaretz writes that those in Gaza will have to face two years of loss: the "loss of thousands of lives, homes, jobs, education and ambition". The journalist who wrote the piece said that she texted a man from Gaza to congratulate him on the ceasefire, to which he responded: "Congratulations to you. You'll put your mind at peace with our news now".  

How Trump managed to secure the deal is also a big topic in the papers. An analysis in the BBC says that Israel's strikes against the Hamas negotiating team in Qatar turned out to be a key moment to what could be "Trump’s signature achievement", a "breakthrough which eluded Biden". What played a role is the close relationship that Netanyahu and Trump have, says the paper, but Trump also has many business dealings with the Gulf states, including Qatar, which explains why the strike was a deal-breaker. Less than a month after the Israeli strike on Doha, "Trump sat nearby as Netanyahu personally phoned Qatar to apologise". An opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal says that even though "Trump's Big Beautiful Gaza Plan" might seem "foolish", we need to applaud Trump, who produced "the first progress" since the October 7 attacks. Yes, the joy may be "premature", but it's at least there, and we are "remembering what optimism feels like," says the opinion piece. 

Finally, papers discuss Trump's Nobel ambitions on the day the Peace Prize is awarded. An opinion piece in The New York Times says: "Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if he does the harder parts to come". It says that Trump may not be interested in Palestinian or Jewish history, "but they are now both very interested" in him. The author worries that the American president doesn't fully "respect the complexity of the task", but adds that if the peace plan "rebuilds a pathway for Israeli-Palestinian peace, that would be worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize, maybe even two".

But according to experts, it's "highly unlikely" that the US leader will get the Nobel, so Norway is "bracing for Trump's reaction", writes British daily The Guardian. The paper says that the US president "may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy". The leader of Norway's socialist party told the Guardian that Oslo should be "prepared for anything" when dealing with a president who is so "volatile and authoritarian". Finally, a cartoon by Indian illustrator Sajith Kumar shows Trump looking at a map, planning the big day, and saying "bomb the Norwegian Nobel committee and steal the prize if nothing else works!"

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