Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Prize; Israel: Goebbels applauds from hell. And Trump: ‘Shameful’, calls for sanctions against the ICC
There were very strong reactions from Israel – which Pillay had accused of genocide – and from US President Donald Trump, who had long harboured the hope of receiving the same recognition
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the South African legal scholar Navi Pillay has sparked fierce reactions from Israel, which Pillay had accused of genocide, and from US President Donald Trump, who had long harboured the hope of receiving the same honour. Shortly after the award was presented to Navi Pillay, a former judge at the ICC, the US Treasury Department also announced sanctions against the International Criminal Court.
Israel attacks award given to Navi Pillay: Goebbels applauds from hell
Israel has described the awarding of the prize as “a grotesque exploitation of an accolade to legitimise hatred and prejudice against Israel”. This was stated by the Israeli Foreign Ministry in a statement reported by The Times of Israel. ‘If there were an award for lies, hatred and defamatory accusations, Pillay would be among the leading candidates,’ the ministry said. ‘Her role in the ongoing, politically motivated demonisation of Israel and in spreading the lie of genocide speaks volumes,’ the statement read. Pillay, in fact, chaired the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry, which in September 2025 concluded that Israel had committed genocide in the Gaza Strip. “Now that the Nobel Committee has rewarded the greatest lie of the 21st century, Joseph Goebbels is surely applauding from hell,” concluded the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Netanyahu against Pillay: she invents and spreads slander about Israel
“The Nobel Committee has lost its moral compass. It has awarded its highest honour to an intolerant individual who has built his career on fabricating and spreading slander against the only Jewish state.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote this in a message posted on X. The Prime Minister used the English term ‘blood libels’, a reference to the historical blood libels levelled against the Jews.
“The achievement of which Navi Pillay is most proud was to legitimise a corrupt prosecutor who resorted to lies against Israel in the hope that, by joining his mob of fanatics ready to lynch, he would manage to escape a rape charge,” Netanyahu continued, referring to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan. “Karim Khan, accused by ICC staff members themselves of rape and sexual harassment against them, used Pillay’s lies to construct a false case against Israel,” the Israeli Prime Minister stated. “Pillay supplied the lies. Khan turned them into a weapon. And now the members of the Nobel Committee, who have lost their bearings, are paying tribute to the woman who fuelled this demonisation of the Jews and this travesty of justice,” concluded Netanyahu.
Trump shares post: ‘Shameful Nobel Prize, Pillay hates America and Israel’
Donald Trump has shared criticism on his Truth profile regarding the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay. The president posted a message from ‘Shoenlaw’ (the social media handle of a well-known US law firm) which states that ‘Today, the Nobel Committee has brought irreparable shame upon itself and has diminished the once-prestigious Nobel Peace Prize by awarding it to Navi Pillay of the UN. Pillay harbours an open hatred of America and Israel. In her role, she has celebrated terrorists and rewarded Hamas. She conducted a farcical ‘investigation’ claiming that Israel had committed genocide and calling for it to be prosecuted.’
