Navi Pillay, head of UN commission that accused Israel of genocide, wins Nobel Peace Prize

Choice seen as rebuke to Israel and US; Israel denounces ‘grotesque weaponization of award, to legitimize anti-Israel hatred and prejudice’; committee chair hails Pillay’s work as ‘inspiration to those who seek more peaceful world’

OSLO, Norway  — The South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay, who presided over a commission that declared that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for what the committee described as her efforts to promote peace and international law.

Her win is sure to be seen as a stinging, high-profile rebuke to US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who have both rejected the findings of a UN commission she led that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Both leaders also have been highly critical of the institutions where Pillay has worked, with Israel previously accusing her of being a “Hamas proxy” with a long history of vehemently anti-Israeli and antisemitic positions.

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Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/navi-pillay-head-of-un-commission-that-accused-israel-of-genocide-wins-nobel-peace-prize/?fbclid=IwY2xjawVXIW5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMUppOHprMVlySUF2dXJqQ1VzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEfRlZ71z7qD9dw_O-38cQX_uqfu0L_LAlukZCOq3gTLV-8Rnueb9rFkShxFaE_aem_-zPoqI6wNfijKm6BqC0XXA