India, Oct. 13 -- In a speech in the Knesset on Monday, US President Donald Trump, who was being hailed for playing a pivotal part in the captives' return, commended his daughter Ivanka Trump for her love of Israel, which he said led her to convert to Judaism.

Ivanka, who traveled to Israel with her father and husband, converted to Judaism before getting married to Jared Kushner in 2009. In addition, Kushner was credited in Trump's speech for his part in forming the Abraham Accords and for helping to bring a stop to the war in Gaza and secure the release of the hostages.

"Let me also give a special thanks to someone who truly loves Israel, in fact, loves it so much that.my daughter converted [to Judaism]," Trump asserted. "I didn't know...