Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Navi Pillay, Drawing Fierce Condemnation from Israel
Translated & summarized from i24NEWS French by baba
The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to South African jurist Navi Pillay, who heads a UN commission that accused Israel of genocide in Gaza. Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly condemned the decision, calling it a "grotesque instrumentalization" and accusing Pillay of spreading lies and hatred. Netanyahu stated the Nobel Committee had lost its moral compass by honoring someone who has demonized Jews and the Jewish state.
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- South African jurist Navi Pillay to receive the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
- Pillay leads a UN commission that previously accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
- Israel's Foreign Ministry called the award a "grotesque instrumentalization" of the Nobel Prize.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated the Nobel Committee "has lost its moral compass."
- Israel has vehemently rejected the commission's previous findings.
- The Nobel Committee is accused of rewarding "the greatest lie of the 21st century."
The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded this Friday to Navi Pillay, an 85-year-old South African jurist and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Pillay currently chairs the UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which last year concluded that Israel was committing "genocide" in the Gaza Strip. Her award comes a year after the commission published a highly controversial report accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza and implicating senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel had vehemently rejected the report's findings. At the time, Oren Marmorstein, spokesperson for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, called the commission members "mouthpieces for Hamas," asserting their report was based on lies from the terrorist organization. The Israeli representation in Geneva also denounced the commission's actions as politically motivated and hostile to Israel.
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the Nobel Peace Prize decision, accusing Pillay of spreading "lies, hatred, and slanderous accusations" against Israel. In a post on X, Israeli diplomacy stated the award was a "grotesque instrumentalization" of the Nobel Prize, aimed at legitimizing anti-Israeli hatred and prejudice. The ministry asserted that the Nobel Committee had rewarded "the greatest lie of the 21st century," referencing Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels and suggesting he would be applauding from hell.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also reacted on Twitter, stating, "The Nobel Committee has lost its moral compass." He accused Pillay of being a "sectarian" who built her career on fabricating and spreading accusations against "the one and only Jewish state." Netanyahu further claimed Pillay provided the lies, another individual (Khan) weaponized them, and the Nobel committee members are now honoring the woman who propagated this demonization of Jews and this "parody of justice."
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