Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and US House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday unveiled an international parliamentary effort to nominate US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, marking the most coordinated global push to date behind Trump’s candidacy.
Meeting at the US Capitol for the first time since the ceasefire took effect, Ohana and Johnson signed a joint letter to the Nobel Committee urging Trump’s selection. They announced they would now seek signatures from speakers and presidents of parliaments worldwide. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise also attended the meeting.
“This is the launch of the initiative,” Ohana said following the meeting. “There is not a single person in the world who has done more than President Trump for peace in the past year, and no one more deserving of recognition.”
Johnson praised Trump’s foreign policy record and highlighted what he called the president’s “historic achievements” in the Middle East and beyond. “I am proud that Speaker Ohana and I are working together to recruit parliamentary leaders around the world,” he said. “No one has ever been more deserving of this honor.”
In their formal submission, Ohana and Johnson present Trump as a leader whose “journey for peace changed the world,” listing several diplomatic achievements they credit to his tenure. These include the Abraham Accords, the India-Pakistan ceasefire, reconciliation efforts in Central Africa, and normalization agreements in the Balkans.
An excerpt from the letter reads:
“For the first time in modern history, speakers and presidents of parliaments from around the world have united with one voice to submit the candidacy of an extraordinary leader: President Donald J. Trump. His record reflects exceptional statesmanship and uncommon courage. In our view, no individual advanced the cause of peace in 2025 more than President Trump – and few in history have done more to promote peace.”
The full letter lists eight specific diplomatic initiatives attributed to Trump, including his “20-Point Plan for Peace in Gaza,” efforts to ease tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia, and a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Final text to be circulated ahead of January deadline
The effort follows Ohana’s announcement of the initiative in the Knesset during Trump’s recent special session in Jerusalem and Johnson’s subsequent remarks from the House floor. Both speakers said they would circulate the final text globally ahead of the January 31, 2026, nomination deadline.
Tuesday’s meeting capped a series of high-level engagements between Ohana, who will also attend The Jerusalem Post’s Washington DC Conference on Wednesday, and US lawmakers, including discussions with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Sen. John Fetterman, Sen. Lindsey Graham, and members of the bipartisan House-Knesset Friendship Group.
MK Eitan Ginzburg of the opposition also took part.