Israel a Rare Dissenting Voice as Praise Pours in for Nobel Peace Prize Winner Navi Pillay
The committee cited her leadership of a UN panel that found genocide in Gaza and said the award defends the rules-based system.
- On Friday, South African-born jurist Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting international law, with Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jørgen Watne Frydnes calling her work a "source of hope and inspiration" during the 125th anniversary announcement in Oslo.
- Pillay previously led a UN commission that concluded Israel committed genocide in Gaza, a finding Israel strenuously denies; her career began defending political prisoners like Nelson Mandela in apartheid-era South Africa.
- The Israeli Foreign Ministry denounced the award as a "grotesque weaponization" of a prize to legitimize hatred, with the announcement arriving two days after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack anniversary.
- Pillay's win rebukes President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who reject international institutions she supports; Trump recently called the International Criminal Court an "out of control institution."
- Currently, Pillay serves as an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice overseeing the genocide case against Myanmar, having been appointed by Gambia to the court's 15-judge panel.
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Israel a rare dissenting voice as praise pours in for Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay
Advocates of human rights and international justice cheered, even as Israeli officials fumed, after South African jurist and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The 85-year-old drew wide praise for decades of work, including investigating crimes in Rwanda, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has launched a fierce attack on the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to South African lawyer Navi Pillay. In its statement, it spoke of “legitimizing hatred and prejudice against Israel” and accused the Nobel laureate of participating in a politically motivated campaign to demonize the country. “If there were a prize for lies, hatred and slander, Navi Pillay would not just be a candidate. She would be one of t…
Israel reacts frantically to the award by the lawyer Navi Pillay with the Nobel Peace Prize. With the election, the Nobel Committee legitimises »anti-Israeli hatred«.
The South African lawyer Navi Pillay receives the Nobel Peace Prize. The 85-year-old accuses Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip as head of a UN commission. Now the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacts with heavy accusations.
‘Why Would You Need Courage to Speak the Truth?’: Navi Pillay, Who Led UN Report on Gaza Genocide, Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Jon Queally Common Dreams “Thank you so much,” said the international jurist in a moment of jest. “If you clap a little bit more, I may share this prize with Trump.” The international reputation of the Nobel Peace Prize, which has suffered in progressive and human rights circles over recent years, may be on the path to improvement after Friday’s […]
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