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Netanyahu Nominates Trump for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

It underscores Trump’s ongoing bid under a Nobel process that keeps nominations and deliberations confidential for 50 years.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, hands President Donald Trump a folder during a meeting in the Blue Room of the White House, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, from left, President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, obstructed, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee listen during a meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Blue Room of the White House, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President Donald Trump, left, meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, as CIA Director John Ratcliffe, from second left, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, and from second right, Netanyahu's wife Sara Netanyahu, Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Israel's National Security Council head Tzachi Hanegbi, obstructed, and Israel's Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs listen in the Blue Room of the White House, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Washington.

Overview

  • On July 7, Benjamin Netanyahu publicly presented President Trump with a formal nomination letter for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Only a select group—including heads of state, university professors and past laureates—can submit nominations, and individuals may not nominate themselves.
  • Trump’s earlier bids came from U.S. House Republicans in 2018 and Scandinavian lawmakers in 2018 and 2021, though some were invalidated over stolen identities.
  • The Norwegian Nobel Committee will vet all submissions in secret through a Feb. 1 deadline and is barred from disclosing discussions for 50 years.
  • Peace Prize winners are announced each October and honored in Oslo on Dec. 10, making this the latest entry in Trump’s series of nominations.