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Several pro-Israel organizations have condemned the Nobel Committee's decision to award the Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, the former head of a United Nations commission that found Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.

The Anti-Defamation League said the committee had rewarded a record of "demonizing Jews and Israelis" and defending anti-Zionism, calling the move "the normalization of hate." UN Watch chief Hillel Neuer said Pillay's record on antisemitism and alleged ethical violations made her unworthy of the honor, while World Jewish Congress President Ronald Steven Lauder described the decision as "a shocking insult" to those who fight antisemitism and defend Jewish life worldwide.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center's Jim Berk called the 2026 award "a matter of concern" for institutions tasked with upholding justice, and Avi Abraham Benlolo of the Abraham Global Peace Initiative urged the Nobel Committee to reconsider. A Wall Street Journal editorial accused Pillay of distorting international law and said the commission's 2025 report offered no evidence of genocide, arguing that the award had damaged the committee's own reputation.

Key Takeaways

• The Anti-Defamation League, UN Watch, World Jewish Congress, Simon Wiesenthal Center and Abraham Global Peace Initiative criticized the award.
• Pillay chaired a UN commission that concluded in 2025 that Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
• A Wall Street Journal editorial called on the Nobel Committee's reputation to be reconsidered, and Benlolo asked for the decision to be reviewed.