One of the main architects of the Good Friday Agreement, Lord David Trimble, revealed on Monday that he had nominated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Although the act in an of itself doesn't mean Netanyahu will actually be one of the candidates under consideration (the official list is kept confidential by the Norweigian committee for at least 50 years), it does give the Israeli leader a boost at getting the attention of the officials in Oslo. This is not the first time Netanyahu has been nominated.
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Trimble nominated Netanyahu over the Israeli leader's recent diplomatic breakthroughs with several Arab states, under the auspices of the Trump administration.
The first agreement was signed in September between Israel and two Gulf nations – the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain – and another agreement was announced recently between Israel and Sudan.
"Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Lord David Trimble today nominated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the Nobel Peace Prize, together with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed [Al Nahyan], Abu Dhabi's crown prince," the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement. "Lord Trimble, the former First Minister of Northern Ireland, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland. Pursuant to the rules of the Nobel Prize Committee, since Lord Trimble is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, his decision to submit Prime Minister Netanyahu's candidacy will lead the committee to discuss the issue."
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