Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize in the most recent installment of the “can’t-make-this-sh*t-up” contest in international politics and diplomacy.
In other words, the person who is currently in charge of the Gaza Strip’s genocide has proposed that the world’s highest peacemaking prize be given to the primary promoter of that genocide, the man who, in March, declared he was “sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job” in Gaza. That “everything” has resulted in billions of dollars in financial aid and lethal weapons.
Nearly 60, 000 Palestinians have been officially killed in the diminutive territory between October 2023 and the present, despite the exasperation of bodies under the pervasive rubble. In recent weeks, more than 700 Palestinians have been killed while attempting to get food at aid distribution centers supported by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a group supported by both the US and Israel.
Trump has also engaged in a lot of do-it-yourself activities, including illegally attacking Iran and bombing civilians in Yemen, since taking office in January.
Indeed, it is amazing that mainstream media outlets have been able to accurately report on Trump’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. For instance, CNN points out that “Trump’s obsession has turned into his most cherished fixation,” which he claims is merited for his efforts to end conflicts all over the world. Netanyahu made his announcement on Monday when he made his third appearance to Washington this year for dinner at the White House.
Trump remarked, “Wow… Coming from you, in particular, this is very meaningful,” while thanking Netanyahu for the honor.
Although “meaningful” is undoubtedly one way to put it, the term fails to fully convey the complete absurdity of the whole arrangement.
However, it’s not like the Nobel Peace Prize has a very strong track record when it comes to upholding the stipulation that it be awarded to the person who “shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and for the organization and promotion of peace conferences.”
Barack Obama, the newly elected US president, received the prestigious award in 2009 after bombing Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, and Syria, thereby fostering the international “fraternity.”
Obama also ran covert “kill lists,” allowing military assassinations abroad to be carried out according to his own preferences.
Colombia’s right-wing former president Juan Manuel Santos, who was “proud” of having his nation called “the Israel of Latin America,” was one of the other honoreed Nobel Peace Prize recipients. Santos was a defense minister during Alvaro Uribe’s bloody government’s previous administration’s “false positives” scandal, which saw Colombian soldiers murder an estimated ten thousand civilians and pass the bodies off as “terrorists”
The country comparison was particularly appropriate because Israel has a knack for massacring people in the name of “terrorism.” Shimon Peres, a late Israeli politician, was also named to the list of Nobel Peace Prize laureates in 1994, two years before he led the slaughter of 106 refugees who were sheltered at a UN compound in Qana, Lebanon.
Former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz, who has spent much of his legal career defending Israel’s killing of Arab civilians, submitted a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for Jared Kushner’s son-in-law. Kushner’s nomination in this case was based on his leading role in the Abraham Accords, which established a framework for peace between Israel and various Arab nations.
Trump has suggested that the US annex the Gaza Strip, forcefully expel the native Palestinian population, and create a brand-new “Riviera of the Middle East” in response to the fact that genocide has also been effectively normalized. For a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, it’s all in a day’s work.
The Times of Israel notes that “Netanyahu claimed the US and Israeli strikes against Iran had “changed the face of the Middle East” and had opened the door for the Abraham Accords to expand.” After all, nothing says “fraternity between nations” like removing Palestine altogether.
Trump favorably contrasted his overzealous attack on Iran with US President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II when he was considering his decision.
Naturally, it goes without saying that anyone who positively cites the massacre of hundreds of thousands of civilians will be categorically disqualified for any kind of significant peace prize. Trump’s nomination may very well have a significant impact in a world where the ostensible goal of peace is frequently used as an excuse for more war.
Source: Aljazeera
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