The legislative leaders of the Knesset and the U.S. House of Representatives officially began their campaign on Tuesday to enlist parliamentary leaders from around the world to nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana joined House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in Washington to affix their signatures to a letter nominating Trump for the honor, something he repeatedly has insisted he deserved.
The two men said in October that they would lead a worldwide campaign on behalf of Trump, and said their meeting on Tuesday would kick off that effort. The letter will be circulated to legislative leaders around the world to sign before being sent to the Nobel committee, they said.
“For the first time in modern history, speakers and presidents of parliaments from around the world have united in one voice to nominate an extraordinary leader whose pursuit of peace has changed the world,” the letter to the Nobel committee reads.
“Guided by the founding principles of the Nobel Peace Prize, we are united in our conviction that no individual did more to advance peace in 2025 than President Trump,” they added. “Few, if any, have done more in history to advance the cause of peace—and none are more worthy of this honor.”
Trump helped arrange a ceasefire in the war that began after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and his efforts led to the release of the hostages taken by the terrorist group during the attack. His 20-point peace plan was endorsed by the United Nations Security Council in October.
“While the world has aspired to peace in the Middle East for generations, President Trump has now created that path and forced the release of the last of the living hostages who endured two long years in Hamas captivity,” Johnson stated. “From Africa to the far East to former Soviet bloc states, his leadership has brought peace that will save and improve the lives of countless millions of people.”
Indeed, the Nobel letter echoes Trump’s claims that he helped to end eight wars, including the one between Israel and Hamas.
The Associated Press calls such claims “exaggerated,” and USA Today reported that “the wars he is referring to aren’t all during this term, nor do all parties give the U.S. credit in brokering the deals.”
Still, Ohana said on Tuesday that “there is not a single person in the world who has done more for peace over the past year than President Trump, and no one more deserving of recognition for the efforts and the results that have saved the lives of so many people around the world, including in Israel.”
