Overview

• At a Washington press conference, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he will partner with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana to rally speakers and presidents of parliaments worldwide for a joint 2026 nomination.
• Ohana unveiled the plan in the Knesset a day earlier following President Trump’s visit, which included a speech to Israeli lawmakers lasting more than an hour.
• The initiative credits Trump with advancing a Gaza ceasefire framework and facilitating the return of Israeli hostages, which the speakers present as grounds for Nobel consideration.
• Johnson referenced a released hostage’s account that treatment by Hamas improved after the 2024 U.S. election, a claim he relayed that has not been independently corroborated in the reporting.
• The campaign is at an early procedural stage seeking qualified nominators for 2026, with no public indication of international uptake or any response from the Nobel Committee, and it extends Johnson’s earlier public calls for Trump to receive the prize.