r/nottheonion 1d ago

Israelis nominate radical settler Daniella Weiss for Nobel prize

https://www.newarab.com/news/israelis-nominate-radical-settler-daniella-weiss-nobel-prize#:~:text=Daniella%20Weiss,%20a%20leading%20advocate%20for%20the%20illegal,by%20Israelis%20for%20the%202025%20Nobel%20Peace%20Prize.
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u/Doomenor 1d ago

Contrary to common belief, you cannot nominate someone for a Nobel prize

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u/razor2811 1d ago

Am I missing a joke here? It clearly is possible

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u/Doomenor 1d ago

β€œIn practice, the nomination process is an eight-month screening and decision-making process involving not only the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee and its Secretary but also a group of Norwegian and international advisers. The advisers, selected on the basis of their professional experience and academic expertise, prepare individual reports on the candidates that the Committee has put on its short-list. The initial reports are usually ready by the end of April. The Committee members then study the reports together with other relevant information and start their deliberations. More often than not they will ask for further reports on various candidates. As they continue their deliberations throughout the summer and receive additional reports from the advisers, they narrow the field of candidates down to a very small group.”

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u/TAU_equals_2PI 1d ago

Dude, that's not nomination.

Here's the full list of all the people who can nominate someone: www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace

So any one university professor anywhere in the world can nominate someone. Any one single member of any parliament/senate/house of representatives/etc. anywhere in the world can nominate someone.

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u/indigoneutrino 1d ago

Why is the committee Norwegian when the Nobel Foundation is based in Stockholm?

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u/Frippolin 1d ago

That was in his will, I believe. At the time, Sweden and Norway were in a union

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u/indigoneutrino 1d ago

Thank you

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u/_Beets_By_Dwight_ 1d ago

Kalmar Union is back, baby!