‘Hater of America and Israel’: Trump reshares post criticising Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay
On Friday, US President Donald Trump reposted a critical message targeting Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay, branding her an "unabashed hater of America and Israel." The post, penned by Trump's former impeachment lawyer David Schoen, criticized the Norwegian Nobel Committee for awarding Pillay and accused her of defending terrorists and giving Hamas a platform.
It also described her UN investigation into Israel's 2014 Gaza operation as "phony." This reaction followed Pillay's joke about Trump's Nobel ambitions at a colleague's congratulations. "If you clap a little bit more, I may share this prize with Trump," she quipped, eliciting laughs from the audience.
Pillay, 85, hailed from India-Tamil roots, born in Durban, South Africa, during apartheid. Recognized for her work promoting peace and international law, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to ensure war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide were prosecuted. As a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Pillay championed Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists in her early legal career.
Trump, who frequently expressed aspirations to win the prestigious award, defended his own record in the post, citing the Abraham Accords, his efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, and the reconstruction of Gaza. Despite his repeated bids for the Nobel Peace Prize, Trump was denied the honor for the second year in a row. Pillay, who chaired a UN commission of inquiry, concluded Israel's actions in Gaza constituted genocide, a verdict Israel disputes and criticizes as biased.
The Nobel Committee, in announcing the award, highlighted Pillay's crucial role in ensuring accountability for international crimes.
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