An American civil rights group on Friday called on the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize winner to renounce her support for Zionism and fascism, including over her links to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political party and right-wing groups in Europe.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) said that they “strongly disagree” with the Nobel Prize committee’s decision to award the prize to Maria Corina Machado, who they said “delivered remarks at a conference of European fascists, including Geert Wilders and Marie Le Pen, which openly called for a new Reconquista, referencing the ethnic cleansing of Spanish Muslims and Jews in the 1500s”.
It also just feels weird to make a choice that itself is likely to promote war. Trump is seemingly too stupid to immediately capitalize on this, but raising Venezuela’s dictatorship up to being the most important dictatorship in the world and then praising someone in favor of military intervention by a country currently trying to spark a war for repressive purposes seems incredibly irresponsible for a committee seeking to promote “peace”.
It is honestly a shockingly myopic call from them, I agree
Well, Venezuela has fuckloads of oil that isn’t going to the USA, so…
Hence why if trump was smart enough to capitalize, he’d be invading the country by now. She’s giving him the green light
And the Nobel committee is sanctifying her as a saint of peace and democracy and her positions as inherently moral.
It seems like a very classical liberal move to shy away from outright embracing the fascists, but thinking if they just support them where their interests converge they can guide them from the shadows to deal with their problems.
She’s supposedly an opposition leader trying to jumpstart democracy, yet she invites external aggression which makes people crazy enough to tear down existing democratic institutions. Her dictatorship is going to crumble so she needed to prop it up with the spectre of US aggression?
I always assumed these cases were somewhat proactive. Here’s someone who said something about peace and is in a position to make it happen. Let’s try to shame them into it
The Norwegians really need to brush up on their Swedish because this choice (one among many) goes directly against Alfred Nobels wishes.
Which wish does this go against, specifically? I’m uneducated in his wishes and wish to know more.
Edit: K? Down votes for wanting to know more? Neat.
“The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: /- – -/ one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” (Excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel)
Machado spends pretty much each breath calling for war.
Thank you very much for the quote!
Yeah that does look very anti noble/Nobel, doesn’t it. 😐
Yeah. What exactly is the criteria for winning one of these, anyway?
Promoting Western imperialism seems to be the main one. The postmodern West loves to make fun of human values by giving a “peace prize” to pillaging murderers, lol.
Idk the exact criteria but being a war criminal gets you fast-tracked.
The Nobel Peace Price is purely political and a big joke for decades already.
She also thanked President Trump
I think the Nobel Peace Prize means about as much as a Kennedy Center honor now
Now y’all know how it feels when we see someone like this guy get a Nobel peace prize.
How can we trust MEE while its owner is undisclosed?
How can we trust etyomalaa@sopuli.xyz while its owner is undisclosed?
Yes the path to peace is to demand that everyone to hate your enemy as much as you do.
Well I can assure you the path to peace does NOT include supporting fascists.
Hamas is a fascist organization by every definition, so are you saying it’s wrong to stop fighting until they’re destroyed? That’s the view of many in power in Israel.
I think many people are angry about the Nobel Peace Prize because they’re actually against there being peace.
Once again someone conflating fighting Hamas with genociding Palestinians. Nice whataboutism.
As we saw on October 7, the capacity for Hamas to commit genocide wasn’t limited by their intent, it’s only limited by their capability. If there were 1400 people in the villages on that day, there would be 1400 dead instead of 1200. If they had the capability of killing a million Jews they would.
And you would make excuses for their actions because you’re a genocide apologist. The whataboutism started the day after Hamas massacred villages, and it came from the actual genocide apologists who were conditioned for more than a decade to look the other way on any horrible action committed by Hamas.
You clearly either don’t know what a genocide is, or you shill way too much for Bibi. Either way, blocked, and I encourage everyone to do as much, you don’t have anything to actually add to the conversation.
Netanyahu is an incompetent idiot and I hope he’s removed from power in the next election.
Hamas are psychopaths that torture Palestinians for speaking out against them and prevent elections from happening. They’re genocidal fascists and are the biggest obstacle preventing the Palestinian people from being free. And you’re an apologist for them because you look the other way on their genocidal actions and look the other way on their oppression of Palestinians.
Middle East Eye consistently has the most baffling and undisciplined takes imaginable.
They literally don’t have a “take;” the article is reporting on a statement made by another organization.
… Which MEE presents and uncritically defends. It’s an article about a Nobel Peace Prize winner that literally doesn’t mention why the Prize was awarded. Please think before you post.
Imagine quoting Muslims. The horror. The should be quoting the ADL instead!
Imagine quoting the (checks notes) Nobel Peace Prize committee. The horror. They should be quoting the Maduro regime instead.
Imagine not being able to read the article and instead defending a Zionist.
And you refuse to condemn the genocide in Gaza, so you are definitely an expert on baffling and undisciplined takes!
