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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”.

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[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If Henry Kissinger got to keep his peace prize, then they're really wasting their breath.

[–] refused04@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No kidding.

Plus, as much as others or I may not like it, the selection criteria does not include a morality clause.

Broadly speaking, they grant the award to people who have

“done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.”

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago

I'm sorry but if those are the criteria then they're just picking names out of hats at this point and they aren't even keeping track of the names they put in the hat.

[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 week ago

Look up who is on the Nobel Peace Prize committee and you'll see it's a bit of a joke.

[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Or you know, they could just revoke the noble peace prize and just not give it out this year. That would send a better message at this point.

What’s the whole point of handing out these awards every year if they’re not deserved?

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

If they had any semblance of balls they'd give it to doctors, journalists and volunteers in Gaza. Or just Palestinians in general.

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I mean it's not like they have the best track record giving these away anyway right?

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Nobel prize is a jester's hat.
Only worthy of ridicule.

[–] evening_push579@feddit.nu 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nah, the physics, chemistry and medicine prizes are always on point I think.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I imagine there's some bias and racism in there too.

[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago