(JEWISH GROUP) Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
A Norwegian parliamentarian has nominated Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Writing to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Christian Democratic Party lawmaker Joel Ystebø calls the memorial center in Jerusalem “one of the world’s most significant institutions in the fight against antisemitism, hate ideologies, and historical distortion.”
Ystebø calls antisemitism “one of the most persistent and destructive forms of hatred” and laments the rise in antisemitic attacks since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, invasion of Israel, which began the war in Gaza.
The 24-year-old says Yad Vashem is as a “vital reference point for truth, knowledge, and moral clarity” in an era of increasing conspiracy theories and Holocaust denial and distortion.
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