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Friday, October 9, 2026
From the Liveblog of
Friday, October 9, 2026
Israel on Pillay’s peace prize: Goebbels is applauding from hell
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Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, South African judge Navi Pillay, gestures after a press conference in Geneva on September 16, 2025. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
Israel calls Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize “a grotesque weaponization of an award to legitimize anti-Israel hatred and prejudice.”
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that she’d be a frontrunner if there were an award “for lies, hatred and blood libels.”
“Her role in the relentless, politically motivated demonization of Israel and promotion of the genocide lie speaks volumes,” says the MFA.
Pillay was the head of the UN commission that accused Israel of genocide.
“Now that the Nobel commission has rewarded the biggest lie of the 21st century, Joseph Goebbels is certainly applauding from hell,” says the MFA.
More from today’s Liveblog:
- IDF, Shin Bet say Israel destroyed 4 Hamas, Islamic Jihad weapons depots across Gaza Strip
- ‘Jews have a prior right over Arabs to everything in this country’: Soldier filmed blocking Palestinians from olive harvest
- Nobel peace committee says not up to it to decide if Gaza war constitutes genocide, after awarding prize to head of UN panel which said it was
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