
© Kevin Lamarque/Reuters/AP Andrew HarnikJared Kushner and aide Avi Berkowitz
Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy, Avi Berkowitz, have been nominated for the Nobel peace prize for their role in negotiating four normalisation deals between Israel and Arab nations known as the "Abraham Accords".
Kushner, who is Trump's son-in-law, and Berkowitz, who was the Middle East envoy, were key figures in negotiating deals between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.The two former deputies to then-President Donald Trump were
nominated by American attorney Alan Dershowitz, who was eligible to do so in his capacity as a professor emeritus of Harvard Law School. Dershowitz defended Trump in his first impeachment trial last year and told the
Wall Street Journal on 20 January that the Senate should dismiss the article of impeachment against the former president, as he was no longer in office.
The bar for nominations is low, as they are are accepted from thousands of people, from members of parliament to former winners and heads of state.
There were more than 300 nominations for last year's award, which was ultimately won by the World Food Programme. Kushner said in a statement he was honoured to be nominated for the prize, which will be awarded in October.
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