Kushner, Berkowitz nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Israel-Arab deals
The two received the nomination for their work on Israel’s normalization deals with Arab states. An activist from Western Sahara was also nominated.
Jared Kushner and Avi Berkowitz, who worked on Israel’s normalization agreements with Arab states for former President Donald Trump, have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Kushner served as a senior White House adviser and Berkowitz as Trump’s special representative for international negotiations. They left their positions when Joe Biden succeeded Trump as president on Jan. 20. Kushner is also Trump’s son-in-law.
The two were nominated on Sunday for their roles in last year’s Arab-Israeli normalization agreements by prominent US attorney Alan Dershowitz, Reuters reported. Dershowitz is a vocal Israel supporter and frequent commentator on US politics. He was able to make a nomination due to his status as a professor emeritus of Harvard Law School, according to the outlet.
Kushner and Berkowitz were heavily involved in the US-brokered Abraham Accords that constituted the first establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Arab states since the 1990s. The September agreement resulted in Israel normalizing its ties with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
