Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes there’s no one more deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize than his close ally US President Donald Trump.
Netanyahu this week announced he has nominated Trump for the coveted award saying the 45th and 47th President of the United States of America, arguably the most important (influential) man in the world has done more than anyone else to bring peace in various parts of the world, particularly in the Middle East where ironically, Israel happens to be the instigator and more escalation was recorded under Netanyahu’s leadership.
President Trump is “forging peace as we speak, in one country and one region after the other. So, I want to present to you, Mr. President, the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize committee. It’s nominating you for the peace prize, which is well-deserved,” said Netanyahu as he handed a sealed envelope to Trump (with the nomination inside).
In the letter, Netanyahu does not refer to ongoing conflicts between Israel and Palestine, Lebanon and Iran among others but vaguely credits Trump as having done much work to bring peace to the areas of conflicts.
“He has demonstrated steadfast and exceptional dedication to promoting peace, security and stability around the world. In the Middle East, his efforts have brought about dramatic change and created new opportunities to expand the circle of peace and normalisation,” said Netanyahu in the letter that has since been released to the public.
While Israel is seen as an aggressor for persisting on trying to seize the entire Gaza Strip and the West bank killing tens of thousand civilians in the process including women and children, the country has forged peace with a significant number of Arab states including but not limited to Jordaan, Egypt and Qatar, a co-existing arrangement that the Prime Minister said was a direct product of Trump’s efforts.
“Foremost among these achievements was President Trump’s pivotal role in facilitating the Abraham Accords. These groundbreaking agreements established formal diplomatic relations between Israel and several Arab nations-including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco. These breakthroughs reshaped the Middle East and marked a historic advance toward peace, security and regional stability,” said Netanyahu in the letter.
Like many previous nominees, Trump is by far no angel and has a fair share of advisories and his nomination was not expected to be cheered by everyone. As you read this, Trump is threatening countries aligned to the now 21 member BRICS+ who are contemplating introducing an alternative to the dollar which many across the world believe is being weaponised by a war-mongering United States of America.
While not commenting directly on the Nobel Peace Prize nomination, Brrazilian President Lula Da Silva, a known leftist who defeated Trump’s ally Jair Bolsonaro in a hotly contested election slammed the American president over his threats warning that the USA could also be subjected to punitive such as tariffs.
“It is not responsible or serious…for him to be threatening the World on the internet. We are sovereign nations. If he thinks he can impose tariffs, we can too,” said Da Silva.
Also likely to nominate and or support Trump’s nomination is mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after he facilitated talks between its government and that of neighbouring Rwanda that could potentially end the ongoing war in the region which DRC was set to lose in the long run.
Congolese journalist Hariana Veras serving mostly as a White House correspondent revealed during the signing of a peace deal between DRC and Rwanda that President Felix Tshisekedi had revealed in a recent interview that he was seriously considering nominating Trump for the award.
Trump who has been actively seeking the Nobel Peace Prize and was quoted as sharing his frustrated with the Israeli Prime Minister during a meeting in the White House in February.
“They will never give me a Nobel Peace Prize…It’s too bad. I deserve it, but they will never give it to me.”
Trump was visibly excited upon being informed of the nomination by Netanyahu and immediately thanked him.
“Wow….Coming from you, in particular, this is very meaningful. Thank you very much Bibi.”
The Nobel Peace Prize has been given nearly every year since 1901 to one or more individuals or groups deemed by the Norway-based committee to have done “the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.”
Previous nominees include late struggle icon and ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli, South Africa’s first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela who shared the award with his former jailer FW De Klerk, the last president of apartheid South Africa.
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for his efforts in ending a border war with neighbouring break-away state Eritrea.