Jul 7, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

Rebecca Falconer

President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) at the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 7, 2025. — President Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Blue Room of the White House on Monday. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed during his meeting with President Trump on Monday that he's nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize.

What they're saying: Netanyahu said during their dinner at the White House he was presenting Trump with a copy of the "well-deserved" nomination letter that he sent the Nobel Prize committee because the president has "forged the Abraham Accords. He's forging peace as we speak in one country and one region after the other."

Trump said as he received the letter, "This I didn't know. Wow. Thank you very much. Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful."

Context: The nomination comes as Trump presses Israel and Hamas via Qatari and Egyptian mediators to agree to a deal that includes a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and the release of 10 living hostages and 18 bodies, Axios' Barak Ravid reports.

The big picture: Others to have nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize this year include Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), who said last month the president deserved the accolade over the ceasefire brokered between Israel and Iran.

Pakistan's government said last month it would nominate Trump for the 2026 prize due to his help in achieving a ceasefire between the nation and its neighbor India. However, Pakistan later condemned U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities that ended the 12-day war between Israel and Iran.

Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksandr Merezhko nominated Trump for the prize last year, but later said he would rescind the nomination.

Go deeper: Trump's new quest: A Nobel may prove irresistible

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