Nobel Peace Prize

My Word: The Nobel non-Peace Prize - opinion

With winners like Navi Pillay, world peace and justice are the losers.

NOBEL PEACE Center director Kjersti Flogstad and Norwegian Nobel Committee head Jorgen Watne Frydnes talk with this year’s Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay via video link at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, on October 10, 2026.
International lawyer Raphael Lemkin helped draft the Genocide Convention, which maps out prevention and punishment for the crime of genocide.

My relative defined ‘genocide,’ honoring him means scrutinizing Pillay’s Israel findings - opinion

President Isaac Herzog awarding the Presidential Medal of Honor to Israel Bonds, October 12, 2026.

Herzog calls Nobel Peace Prize winner choice affront to peace-loving people at Medal of Honor award

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a state memorial ceremony for civilians murdered in the October 7 Massacre, marking three years since Oct 7.

Netanyahu calls Nobel laureate Navi Pillay a 'bigot' after prize win


US President DonaldTrump wins FIFA's inaugural peace prize after Nobel controversy

"I don't need prizes. I need to save lives," Trump said. "I saved millions and millions of lives, and that's really what I want to do."

US President Donald Trump (L) speaks after receiving the FIFA Peace Prize from FIFA President Gianni Infantino (R) during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, District of Columbia, USA Dec 5, 2025.

How Venezuela's Nobel Prize Winner built a high-stakes alliance with Trump

Leader of Venezuelan opposition Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025. Now, she's forming an alliance with the US to take an aggressive stance against Maduro's government.

 Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures as she addresses supporters at a protest ahead of the Friday inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term, in Caracas, Venezuela January 9, 2025.

Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado praises Israel in call with Netanyahu

Machado also congratulated Netanyahu on the agreement for the release of hostages from Gaza.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures at a protest ahead of the Friday inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term, in Caracas, Venezuela January 9, 2025.

Ending war isn’t enough for a Nobel? - opinion

Recognizing actors who can reduce violence, save lives, and stabilize conflict zones is not a political endorsement; it is a moral imperative.

US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One en route to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to attend a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, Israel, Oc