Rabat – Daniella Weiss, a prominent supporter of Israeli annexation and illegal settlements in Palestinian territories, has been reportedly nominated by Israelis for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
The nomination was reportedly made by two professors from Israel’s Ariel University and Ben-Gurion University, who stated that she contributed to “decades-long efforts in strengthening Jewish communities and promoting regional stability.”
In their letter to the Nobel Prize Committee in Norway, Professors Amos Azaria and Shalom Sadik claimed that the establishment of these Jewish communities has prevented violence and enhanced security.
In a baffling twist of logic, the two professors went on to argue that the illegal settlements led by Weiss have helped to “significantly lower” the friction between Palestinians and Israelis, as what they allege is evidenced by the low number of “casualties” in the West Bank compared to Gaza.
Israel’s West Bank settlements are considered illegal by most international communities, including the United Nations. In fact, Weiss herself has even been sanctioned by Canada in 2024 for “extremist settler violence against civilians in the West Bank.”
Social media users were astonished by the absurd news and many had to double check the validity, mistaking it for a meme. “Not even George Orwell could have dreamt this up,” said one commentator, with another one adding she is getting a “Nobel prize in genocide and colonization.”
Weiss, who was born to American and Polish parents in Palestine in 1945, leads the Nachala Organization, which is known for supporting the illegal Israeli settler project and advocating for the annexation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Her rhetoric has been linked to increasing settler violence against Palestinians.
One year into the genocide on Gaza, Weiss spoke in a conference on Israel’s frontier with Gaza, backed by the far-right Israeli Likud party, saying that Palestinians will “disappear” from Gaza and that they “lost their right” to the enclave as a result of October 7.
“We came here with one clear purpose: the purpose is to settle the entire Gaza Strip, not just part of it, not just a few settlements, the entire Gaza Strip from north to south,” said Weiss.
The Nobel Peace Prize recipients will be announced in October, and 338 candidates have been nominated for the award this year, significantly increasing from 2024.
