OBAMA RECEIVED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, BUT TRUMP WHO HAS BROKERED SEVERAL HISTORIC PEACE DEALS WILL NEVER RECEIVE THE PRIZE

Why the Nobel Peace Prize Committee snubbed Trump: The gatekeepers will not allow the conservative ideology touted by the 45th president of the United States to hold any canonical status in the collective memor

 

By Adi Arbel

 

Israel Hayom

November 27, 2020

 

A lively debate is taking place over the censorship exerted by Twitter and Facebook against US President Donald Trump, and around attempts by mainstream media not to give his statements a full platform. This goes beyond issues of freedom of expression and the people's right to hear what their elected officials have to say, as it touches on a broader struggle – the one waged by the cultural elites against the outgoing president, to taint his term in office and undermine his legacy.

The case of the Nobel Peace Prize nomination illustrates this point best.

In 2009, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee announced it was bestowing this prestigious award on then-US President Barack Obama. The choice of a newly inaugurated president who at the time had yet to mark any achievement other than being elected was met with widespread dismay and in retrospect, it did not prove itself.

Eleven years later, in 2020, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee bestowed this honor on the United Nations World Food Program. Even assuming said program is worthy of the prize, why make this move in 2020, when the agency marked its 59th year? Why not name it the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize in honor of 60 years of activity?

There is only one reason: the Nations World Food Program is not Trump.

Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize even though his one term in office saw him defy all odds and expectations and make a major breakthrough in the Middle East peace process by brokering the Abraham Accords – normalization between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan.

Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize even though his administration reached a peace agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan and mediated peace talks between the organization and the Afghan government; even though he brokered a normalization agreement between Serbia and Kosovo; even though he pulled the United States withdrawal from the outrageous nuclear deal with Iran, and even though he promoted North Korea's disarmament.

It is worth mentioning that the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded several times to individuals and bodies that have worked to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

This list of impressive accomplishments was not enough for Trump to receive the necessary recognition from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee. There will be those who will defend the committee, saying that this was not the time to honor Trump. But you don't need the Obama case to see that the where's there's a will there's a way or, in other words, when the committee so desires, it simply honors someone.

Case in point, Israeli and Egyptian leaders Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat were named Nobel Peace Prize laureates – and rightly so – as early as 1978, despite the fact that the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt was only signed in 1979. In 1994, then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat made history by becoming the first trio to receive the prize on the heels of the Oslo Accords.

Those who understand a thing or two about what drives the awarding of prestigious international prizes in ceremonies radiating pomp and circumstance, know that a prize is meant not only to honor the act of the recipient but also reflect what is worthy and right.

Ultimately, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee is another agent of public awareness that is involved in the effort to prevent the 45th president of the United States from entering the hall of fame of leaders who promoted world peace and to deny him his achievements, which are largely the accomplishments of an orderly political perception.

It is safe to say that it is highly unlikely that Trump will win the Nobel Peace Prize in the future, as well. The gatekeepers will not allow him and the conservative ideology to represents to hold any canonical status in the collective memory.