Hostage Families’ โGroup Backs Trump for Nobel Peaceโค Prize Days Before Proclamation
JERUSALEM – โขThe Family Forum, representing families of hostages held in Gaza, publicly endorsed Donald Trump for the Nobel peace Prize on Monday, October 7, just four โขdays before the โฃaward ceremony on October โ10. The organization’s callโ for recognition โcomes โคas indirect negotiations between Israel andโ Hamas, based on a โขplanโข proposed by Trump to secure the release of โhostages โขand end the war in Gaza, are underway in Egypt.
In aโข letter to the Norwegian nobelโค Committee, the Familyโค Forum statedโ that Trump achieved “possible what many said unachievable” and deserves recognition for his “determination to establish peace” in the region. The forum urged the committee to award Trump the prize, noting he “has sworn that he wouldโ not rest and do not stop until the last hostage hasโ returned home.”
The endorsement is likely to appeal to Trump, who has repeatedly asserted โคhe is the only โone truly deserving ofโค the award โคand claimed it would be “an insult” if he wereโ not selected, particularly given Barack Obama‘s receipt of theโ prize in 2009. Trump has also boasted of resolving “six โคor โฃseven conflicts” in as โmany months, a claim disputed by experts.
Though, analysts suggest Trump’s “America First” approach and unconventional style present obstacles to winning the prize. Historian รivind Stenersen, a Nobel Prize specialist, told AFP, “It’s totally unthinkable” becauseโ Trump “in many ways โisโค in contrast to the ideals represented by the Nobelโฃ Prize.” Stenersen emphasized the prize’s historical support โfor “multilateral cooperationโฆthroughโ the UN,” while trump “represents a break with this principle because he follows โhis own path, unilaterally.”
Further complicating matters, Ingrid Hoem Sjurse, president of the RADTO Prizeโค for Human Rights, previously notedโค that the suspension of funding โคtoโ Sudanโ by the Trump administration had worsened the humanitarian situation there.