Netanyahu's Peace Prize stunt: Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a letter nominating President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize due to the "pivotal role" Trump has played in establishing greater diplomatic ties between nations in the Middle East. The American president has "created new opportunities to expand the circle of peace and normalization," according to Netanyahu—Trump's partner in bombing Iran last month.
To be fair to Netanyahu, he is not citing Trump's role in the Iran nuclear site bombing campaign but rather his role—back in 2020, during his first term—in negotiating the Abraham Accords, which established formal ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan. (Trump has also worked on getting Saudi Arabia to join, but that effort has stalled for now.) "The accords were a diplomatic victory for Israel, in part because the Arab states abandoned their longstanding condition that relations with Israel could only come after the establishment of a Palestinian state," notes The New York Times.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Prime Minister Netanyahu gave @POTUS @realDonaldTrump the letter of nomination during their White House meeting. pic.twitter.com/ayGSHoEcmH
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) July 8, 2025
