Former U.S. White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy Avi Berkowitz were nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize before the Jan. 31 deadline for promoting diplomatic relations between Israel and multiple Arab countries.
Reuters news agency said senior White House adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy, U.S. Middle East envoy Avi Berkowitz, were nominated for the prize for their role in negotiations last year to normalize relations between Israel and several Arab countries.
Their names were submitted by U.S. attorney Alan Dershowitz, a supporter of former U.S. President Donald Trump who has the right to nominate candidates for the Nobel Prize in his capacity as professor emeritus at Harvard Law School.
The Abrahamic Agreement, which led to the signing of normalized relations between Israel and many Arab countries, is considered the biggest diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East in 25 years, given the prospect of a prolonged confrontation between Middle Eastern countries and Iran.
In his letter to the Nobel Committee, Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, also cited the work of former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer.
He wrote: “The Nobel Peace Prize is not a matter of “prestige,” but should meet the criteria set out in Alfred Nobel’s will. Reuters said he was implying that his nomination was controversial.
Jared Kushner is also Donald Trump’s son-in-law. He said in a statement that he was honored to be nominated for the prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced today, October. Last year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations World Food Program.
Many people or organizations have previously been nominated, including Belarusian opposition leaders, Russian opposition leaders, Swedish environmental girls, Trump, Assange, the Black Lives Matter movement, WHO, Reporters Without Borders, the Society for the Protection of Journalists, the International Fact Check Network and others.
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