Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro was in the room for President Donald Trump’s historic speech at the Knesset on Monday, and said the excitement for the U.S. president was “truly off the charts.”

Before Trump got up to speak, Israeli leaders — from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana to opposition leader Yair Lapid — praised the president for his work in achieving a ceasefire and getting the hostages home. When Trump was first introduced at the Knesset, he received a standing ovation as members broke out into chants of “Trump! Trump! Trump!”

Shapiro said that Trump is universally beloved in Israel, adding, “There is no one in Israel, with very rare exceptions, typically from the radical Arab parties, that does not love President Trump.”

“Truly, it’s an astonishing thing. I happened to be in the Knesset for President Trump’s speech,” he said during Monday’s episode of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” which he recorded shortly after Trump spoke at the Knesset. “I was there, and let me tell you, the unbridled, overwhelming love that Israelis have for Donald J. Trump. It’s extraordinary, truly extraordinary.”

Israelis celebrated in the streets on Monday as the 20 remaining living hostages returned to the country thanks to the peace deal President Trump brokered between Israel and Hamas.

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“This president of the United States, he won’t just go down in Jewish history, obviously, he’ll go down in American history, and in world history for the work that he’s done in the Middle East,” the Daily Wire host continued.

During his speech, Trump said that this day would be remembered throughout history and would be the beginning of “the golden age of Israel and the golden age of the Middle East.”

“This is not only the end of a war — it is the end of an age of terror and death, and the beginning of the age of faith, and hope, and of God,” he added. “This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East.”

Shapiro said that Trump’s speech was “hilariously funny” at times. “He talked about General ‘Razin’ Caine and ISIS, he talked about Steve Witkoff’s negotiations with Russia. He made fun of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and all the rest.”

But Shapiro said that Trump’s speech was also “triumphal” and “serious.”

“President Trump said that there are two messages that America understands when it comes to Israel: never forget and never again,” Shapiro said. “And the president also laid out what comes next. And that is not just the return of hostages, but a fully disarmed Hamas and a demilitarized Gaza. How that happens is still up in the air, and phase one has been solved, but if the president does what he’s pledged to do and applies pressure to all of the erstwhile Arab allies and Muslim allies of Hamas, then Hamas will have very few choices left.”

President Donald Trump on Monday signed the historic Gaza peace deal, surrounded by approving world leaders, who celebrated the president as a pivotal peacemaker and called for him to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

The president met with hostages and their families on Monday after the hostages were released by Hamas, then spoke to the world in public remarks in Israel. He then traveled to Egypt, where he participated in a Middle East peace summit with other world leaders. The United States, Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey signed the much-discussed peace deal before the world.

“It took 3,000 years to get to this point. Can you believe it?” Trump said as he signed the historic deal. “And it’s going to hold up, too.”

He also received the “Order of the Nile” from the President of Egypt, the country’s highest state honor, for negotiating the deal between Israel and Hamas. The Order of the Nile is a collar made of solid gold covered in Pharaonic engravings, according to the New Arab. It represents wealth and endurance, protection from evil, and prosperity brought by the Nile.

“Today, for the first time anyone can remember, we have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to put the old feuds and bitter hatreds behind us,” Trump said, as he took the podium after signing the deal. “If we do, together, we will reach the Middle East’s incredible destiny—a safe, and prosperous, and beautiful crossroads of culture and commerce, faith and humanity.”

President Donald Trump in Egypt. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“The momentous breakthrough that we’re here to celebrate tonight is more than the end of the war in Gaza,” the president reflected. “With God’s help, it will be a new beginning for an entire, beautiful, Middle East. From this moment forward, we can build a region that’s strong, and stable, and prosperous, and united in rejecting the path of terror once and for all.”

He also shared that there will be “a lot of money coming into Gaza” that will be used to help rebuild the region.

“I’m pleased to announce that numerous countries of great wealth and power and dignity have come forward to me just today and over the last week to say they want to help in the reconstruction of Gaza, putting up whatever money is necessary,” Trump said. “And the money, of course, it’s a lot of money but it’s not much compared to the value or the wealth of these tremendous countries. And they are ensuring stability and success in the Middle East.”

“Rebuilding is maybe going to be the easiest part,” noted Trump, adding: “We know how to build better than anybody in the world.”

He acknowledged that across the Middle East, but particularly in Gaza and Israel, people have been “working, striving, hoping,” and praying for peace.

That day has finally arrived, the president said.

“They have done things over the last month that I think were really unthinkable,” Trump said. “Nobody thought this could happen. With the historic agreement we’ve just signed, those prayers of millions have finally been answered.”

As he reflected on the footage of the hostages finally reuniting with their families, Trump said that the “level of love” they are showing one another “is just incredible.”

“A new and beautiful day is rising,” Trump told the world. “And now, the rebuilding begins.”