Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, handing Trump a nomination letter during a meeting at the White House.
At the outset of their meeting, Netanyahu told reporters that Israel was collaborating with the United States to identify countries that could help provide Palestinians with a better future.
The nomination, which would be for the 2026 prize, adds to a growing list of endorsements for Trump’s candidacy for the prestigious prize.
Tenney cited the normalization agreements between Israel and Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, and Sudan, as well as groundwork for future agreements with Saudi Arabia, as evidence of the trio’s impact on regional stability.
“For decades, politicians and foreign affairs professionals claimed Middle East peace depended on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, through the efforts of President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and former Defense Minister Gallant, historic normalization agreements were secured,” Tenney’s statement read.
Carter wrote, “President Trump took bold action to ultimately champion peace through strength and facilitate a ceasefire framework that brought hostilities to a halt. In a statement that has since reverberated around the globe, President Trump announced the terms of a complete and total ceasefire agreement, commending both Israel and Iran for their courage to end the war.”
Carter called Trump’s actions “a rare glimpse of hope” and submitted his nomination “to be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize,” according to the release.
International support for Trump’s nomination has also come from European lawmakers during his last presidency. In September 2020, Swedish lawmaker Magnus Jacobsson nominated Trump for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for his Middle East peace efforts and received a phone call of thanks from the former president.
Jacobsson stated on Twitter that he and Trump discussed “peace in the Middle East and the Balkans,” and he wished Trump “good luck with the peace processes.”
Norwegian lawmaker Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Progress Party, also nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates in September 2020.
Tybring-Gjedde said, “Donald Trump meets the criteria,” and added that Trump’s work “opens up for possible peace in the Middle East.” Tybring-Gjedde had previously nominated Trump in 2018 for efforts to bring reconciliation between North and South Korea.
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Norway, unlike other Nobel Prizes, which are awarded in Sweden. The Norwegian Nobel Committee does not comment publicly on nominees, and nomination information is kept secret for 50 years.
For 2025, there are 338 candidates nominated, of which 244 are individuals and 94 are organizations, according to the Nobel Committee. The deadline for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was on Jan. 31 and will be announced in October.