‘Goebbels is applauding’: Israel attacks Nobel committee for honoring Gaza genocide investigator

Some 74,000 people have been killed and 175,000 wounded in West Jerusalem’s airstrikes and ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave, according to the local authorities Israel is angry that the Nobel Peace Prize committee has honored Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay, who chaired a UN commission accusing it of genocide in Gaza. Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels would have welcomed the decision, the Israelis said.The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory concluded in September 2025 that Israel was “responsible for the commission of four genocidal acts in Gaza with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza.” Israel vigorously disputed the findings of Pillay’s team.A year earlier, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza, including intentional targeting of civilians and using starvation as a method of warfare. Wednesday marked three years since Israel launched its military operation in Gaza, with more than 74,000 people, including at least 21,000 children,...