Nobel Prize

'An indelible stain on Norway': Trump fumes over Nobel Peace Prize snub

Trump slammed the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navi Pillay, calling her "a liberal person who works at the United Nations, who nobody has ever heard of," while arguing that the US deserved the award.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an election rally at the Oncenter on October 09, 2026 in Syracuse, New York.
FILE PHOTO:  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay addresses the OSCE permament council in Vienna, Austria July 3, 2014.

South Africa's Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay, who accused Israel of genocide in Gaza, wins Nobel Prize

THEN-ISRAELI AMBASSADOR to the US, Yitzhak Rabin, and his wife Leah mingle with prime minister Golda Meir and US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, in Washington, 1973 – two years before Saul Bellow visited Israel.

Over 50 years later, Saul Bellow’s Israel observations remain strikingly relevant - review

US President Donald Trump speaks with media before boarding Marine One as he travels to Grand Island, Nebraska, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 5, 2026.

Trump says he deserves Nobel Peace Prize but has doubts he will get it


UN rights experts, influential women condemn Iran’s 'sham' trial of activist Zahra Tabari

Tabari was convicted by a Revolutionary Court in Rasht in October on the grounds of armed rebellion, in an online trial that lasted less than ten minutes.

 FILE PHOTO: Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 2, 2022.

María Corina Machado reveals she fled Venezuela with help from US government - report

Machado, who is now in Oslo, Norway, to join the festivities around the Nobel Prize ceremony, told journalists that she "had support from the United States government."

 Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures as she addresses supporters at a protest ahead of the Friday inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term, in Caracas, Venezuela January 9, 2025.

Venezuela's Nobel laureate Machado says she aims for peaceful transition after Maduro

"Maduro will leave power, whether it is negotiated or not negotiated," Machado told a press conference in the Norwegian capital. "I am focused on an orderly and peaceful transition."

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store meets Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado during her visit to the Storting, in Oslo, Norway December 11, 2025.

Bedouin high school in the Negev opens new campus

CEO, Ariel Weisel: “The campus was born out of the belief that real change in Bedouin society must come from within, from young people with vision and the ability to create a better reality.”

Opening ceremony attended by President Isaac Herzog.

Trump’s vision turns the Middle East toward peace - opinion

How President Trump’s renewed diplomacy reshaped the Middle East and redefined peace for a new era.

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Israel’s government signals it no longer values academic merit - opinion

Relative to its size, Israel ranks among the leading countries in Nobel achievements, and its position improved this year, when Joel Mokyr, an Israeli-American, was one of three economics laureates.

ISRAELI-AMERICAN Joel Mokyr, a professor at Northwestern University who is one of three Nobel economics laureates this year, speaks at a news conference on campus in Evanston, Illinois.

Israeli-American Prof. Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize in Economics

Mokyr receives the prize for his development of a theory for sustained economic growth.

oel Mokyr, a professor at Northwestern University who won the 2025 Nobel economics prize alongside Peter Howitt of Brown University and Philippe Aghion of the College de France, INSEAD, and the London School of Economics and Political Science, speaks at a press conference on campus in Evanston, Illi

IDF 1973 Yom Kippur War veterans believe Trump should win Nobel Peace Prize, group announces

A group of IDF veterans praised US President Donald Trump’s “fighting spirit for peace,” expressing support for him to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

IDF Yom Kippur War veterans affirm their support for US President Donald Trump to be granted the Nobel Peace Prize, October 2025.

Obama, Rabin, Arafat got Nobels without peace, Trump delivers and gets denied - comment

US President Donald Trump did not receive the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize despite being a catalyst for major shifts towards peace in the Middle East.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement about lowering U.S. drug prices, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 10, 2025

Venezuela's opposition leader Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize, dedicates to Trump

"I thank you so much, but I hope you understand this is a movement, this is an achievement of a whole society. I am just one person. I certainly do not deserve it," she told the Nobel Committee.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures at a protest ahead of the Friday inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term, in Caracas, Venezuela January 9, 2025.