Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay, accusing her of spreading false allegations against Israel and questioning the Nobel Committee’s decision to honour her.
The Nobel Prize committee has lost its moral compass. It has awarded its highest honor to a bigot who built her career around inventing and propagating blood libels against the one and only Jewish state.
Navi Pillay’s proudest achievement was to legitimize a corrupt prosecutor who turned to her fabrications against Israel hoping that by joining her bigoted lynch mob, he would beat a rape charge.
Karim Khan, who was accused by his own ICC employees of raping and sexually molesting them, used Pillay’s lies to build a fake case against Israel.
Pillay supplied the lies. Khan weaponized them. And now the misguided members of the Nobel Committee are honoring the woman who propagated this demonization of the Jews and this travesty of justice.
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) October 9, 2026
In an English-language statement posted on X, the Prime Minister’s Office said the committee had made a serious error by awarding its highest honour to Pillay, whom it accused of promoting what it described as “blood libels” against Israel.
The statement also targeted Pillay’s role in matters involving International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan. It alleged that Khan used claims associated with Pillay to pursue a case against Israel while facing accusations of sexual misconduct from ICC employees.
The post further criticised the Nobel Committee for recognising Pillay, accusing her of contributing to what it called the demonisation of Jewish people and an injustice against Israel.
The remarks came after Pillay received the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law. The award has drawn criticism from both Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, who also shared a post attacking the decision on his Truth Social platform.
