Kushner ‘s contracts in the Middle East got the nod from an anti – Israeli lawyer, and Abrams recognized for voter registration.
Former White House adviser Jared Kushner and Georgia politician and anti-ban advocate Stacey Abrams have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Kushner, the son-in-law of former President Donald Trump, and former Middle East ambassador Avi Berkowitz was named on Sunday by lawyer Alan Dershowitz for the role in negotiating four normalization treaties between Israel and the United States. United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.
These agreements are called “Abraham Accords” and in some cases, such as with the UAE and Morocco, they formalize existing relations, according to observers. They paved the way for a major arms deal with the UAE, which came under heavy criticism from lawmakers.
Trump himself has been nominated for a peace prize. President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to review all national security treaties violated during the Trump administration, including arms packages for the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
Abrams ’work was credited with boosting turnout last year and helping Biden win U.S. leadership.
“Abrams’ work continues in the footsteps of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. in the fight for equality before the law and for civil rights,” said Lars Haltbrekken, a Socialist member of the Norwegian parliament. name her name.
Former candidate for Georgia Governor Stacey Abrams will speak at a rally meeting for Senator Kamala Harris Democratic post-primary candidate in Duluth, Georgia, on November 1 [File: John Bazemore/Ap Photo]
Black people in the U.S. have long faced obstacles at the ballot box, but the Abrams Fair Fight group worked to record thousands and raised $ 100m after failing to run to the governor of Georgia in 2018.
Abrams said she lost the election due to a voter ban and is expected to launch another run in 2022. Her work has inspired Republican strategists to organize against her efforts.
A Republican who is in line with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has named a group called “Stop Stacey” to investigate Abrams’ “shady” voter registration efforts.
The group ‘s chief strategist Jeremy Brand said in a statement: “We will do whatever it takes to expose Stacey Abrams’ radical network, heed its dangerous record, and defeat it in the end. over there – and its candidates on the left – at the ballot box. “
Other candidates this year include Russian dissident Alexey Navalny, World Health Organization and climate activist Greta Thunberg.
The U.S. Black Lives Matter movement, as well as Daniel Ellsberg, who released the “Pentagon Papers” about the Vietnam War, and WikiLeaks, were also named, as are campaigners for democracy and civil rights from Belarus to Poland and Hungary.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which decides who will win the prize, does not comment on nominations, but candidates can choose to express their views.