Rep. Buddy Carter to seek Trump Nobel nod
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) says he will introduce a House resolution nominating President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after Trump announced the first phase of an Israel–Hamas ceasefire. Carter told Fox News Digital he will pursue a discharge petition to force a vote if Trump is not selected when the Nobel Peace Prize is announced Friday.
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📌 Key Facts
- Rep. Buddy Carter plans a House resolution nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Carter says he will use a discharge petition to compel a vote if Trump does not win Friday.
- Trump announced Wednesday the first phase of an Israel–Hamas ceasefire involving hostage releases and an IDF pullback to agreed lines.
📚 Contextual Background
- U.S. officials in 2025 described a two-phase approach to ceasefire negotiations in which an initial hostage release would be followed by an Israeli military pullback to a previously held boundary position, while decisions about Gaza's future governing structure could be negotiated concurrently.
- A 2025 peace proposal from President Donald Trump was structured as a 20-point plan aimed at ending the Gaza conflict and securing the release of hostages.
- A peace plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump called for Hamas to free all remaining hostages and for the Israeli military to begin withdrawing from parts of Gaza in phases; the plan also proposed transferring parts of Gaza to a "technocratic" Palestinian committee and deploying a temporary security force backed by Arab states.
- The proposed plan specified that Hamas would release the remaining hostages taken on October 7, 2023 within 72 hours of an agreement, and that Israel would release 250 Palestinians serving life sentences plus 1,700 other Gazans detained after the start of the conflict as part of the exchange.