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The Nobel Peace Prize and the Mask of Terror: Why the World Must Remember the Truth
The signing of the Oslo Accords in Washington, DC, Sept. 13, 1993. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
In a world hungry for peace, symbols matter. But when symbols are corrupted, they become dangerous.
This is exactly what happened in 1994, when Yasser Arafat — the longtime leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and a man with a legacy drenched in blood — was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize alongside Israeli leaders Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres.
For Israel, that moment was not one of triumph — but of betrayal.
Israel’s Costly Gamble for Peace
Israel, a democratic nation surrounded by hostility, has long sought genuine peace with its neighbors. The signing of the Oslo Accords in the early 1990s was a bold gesture — an olive branch extended even to those with a history of violence against its people. By recognizing the PLO and engaging Arafat in negotiations, Israel hoped to turn decades of conflict into a future of coexistence.
But instead of peace, Israel received more terror, broken promises, and rivers of blood.
The Oslo process, while well-intentioned, became one of the gravest strategic missteps in Israel’s history. It gave a platform — not to a peacemaker — but to a man who mastered the art of deception, cloaking terrorism in diplomatic language while continuing to incite hatred and violence.
A Bloodstained Record in a Suit
Yasser Arafat was no reformer. He was the architect of modern Palestinian terrorism. As the founder of Fatah and the head of the PLO, he oversaw decades of attacks that targeted innocent civilians — Jewish and non-Jewish alike.
Among the countless atrocities carried out under his leadership, here are some of the worst:
- 1972 Munich Olympics: Israeli athletes slaughtered by Black September, a group tied to Arafat.
- 1974 Ma’alot massacre: 25 Israelis, mostly children, killed in a school hostage crisis.
- 1978 Coastal Road Massacre: 35 civilians murdered in a bus hijacking — the deadliest terror attack in Israeli history until Oct. 7, 2023.
- 1985 Achille Lauro hijacking: An elderly American Jew, Leon Klinghoffer, was shot and thrown overboard in his wheelchair.
These weren’t acts of war. They were deliberate massacres, aimed at innocent lives, executed with a singular goal: the destruction of Israel.
Two Tongues, One Goal
Arafat played a dangerous double game. To Western media, he spoke of peace. But in Arabic, to his own people, he promised victory through violence.
This tactic is not accidental — it echoes the Islamic concept of Taqiya, which allows for concealment of intent under threat. While originally a doctrine for self-preservation, extremists have twisted it into a political weapon. Arafat exploited it masterfully, saying what the West wanted to hear while continuing to incite terrorism from the shadows.
The Nobel’s Dangerous Precedent
Awarding Arafat the Nobel Peace Prize was not just a mistake — it was a global endorsement of duplicity. It told the world that violence can be rewarded if dressed in the right rhetoric. It blurred the moral line between victim and aggressor.
If that precedent holds, how long until we see leaders from Hamas wearing suits, declaring a ceasefire, and receiving applause from the same global institutions that once legitimized Arafat?
October 7th: A Grim Reminder
Israel doesn’t have the luxury of forgetting. The barbaric attacks of October 7th—when Hamas terrorists invaded southern Israel, slaughtered families, raped women, and kidnapped children — proved once again that the hatred fueling these groups is not a relic of the past. It is alive, unrepentant, and as vicious as ever.
And yet, the international community stands poised to repeat history. If Hamas rebrands itself, mouths the word “peace,” and walks onto a world stage, will it too be handed a Nobel Prize?
Will the victims of Kibbutz Be’eri and Re’im be forgotten, just as the victims of Munich and Ma’alot were?
A Legacy of Lies: From Arafat to Abbas
Today, the Palestinian Authority under Mahmoud Abbas — Arafat’s political heir — rules the West Bank. It wears the clothes of diplomacy, but little else has changed. Elections are suppressed, incitement continues in schools and the media, and the glorification of terrorists remains a fixture of its institutions.
This is not a peace partner. It is the continuation of the same ideology that Arafat championed.
Never Again: The Moral Clarity Israel Must Defend
Peace must be built on truth, justice, and mutual recognition — not deception. When terrorists are rewarded, when murderers are handed medals, and when the world ignores the suffering of Israeli victims, it sends a message: Israeli lives are negotiable.
We must never accept that.
The Nobel Peace Prize should stand for reconciliation — not for legitimizing those who dream of annihilation.
Let this be a call to moral clarity: Do not forget who Yasser Arafat was. Do not forget what Hamas is. And do not allow history to repeat itself with applause.
Am Yisrael Chai. The Nation of Israel lives — and it will never bow to those who seek its destruction.
Sabine Sterk is the CEO of Time To Stand Up For Israel.
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Antisemitic Incidents at Argentina Local Soccer Match Spark Official Investigations, Condemnations
Fans of Argentinian soccer club All Boys marched through the streets before their match against Atlanta soccer club, carrying a coffin draped with an Israeli flag alongside Iranian and Palestinian flags. Photo: Screenshot
Argentinian authorities and soccer officials have launched investigations following antisemitic incidents by Club Atlético All Boys fans during Sunday’s local match against Atlanta.
Atlanta, a soccer team based in the Villa Crespo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, has deep historical ties to Argentina’s Jewish community, which has long been a significant presence in the area.
This latest antisemitic incident took place outside the stadium before the game had even started.
All Boys fans were seen waving Palestinian and Iranian flags, carrying a coffin draped with an Israeli flag, and handing out flyers bearing messages like “Free Palestine” and “Israel and Atlanta are the same crap.”
Before a football match today against the Argentine sports club Atlanta, which is closely associated with the Jewish community, fans of the opposing team, All Boys, waved Islamic Republic and Palestinian flags while parading a coffin draped in an Israeli flag through the streets.… pic.twitter.com/IQs4v6eoFz
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) June 29, 2025
Then, during the match — which ended in a 0-0 draw — a drone carrying a Palestinian flag flew over the stadium, while some fans reportedly chanted anti-Israel slogans.
Local police confirmed they have issued citations to individuals accused of inciting public disorder and related offenses.
On Monday, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) condemned the incidents as “abhorrent” and confirmed the organization has opened a formal inquiry into the events.
“This is not folklore. This is discrimination,” the statement reads.
Argentina’s Security Minister Patricia Bullrich also announced that a criminal complaint has been filed, citing “acts of violence, expressions of racial and religious hatred, and public intimidation.”
In a post on X, the Delegation of Argentine Israelite Associations (DAIA), the country’s Jewish umbrella organization, condemned the incidents and called on both local authorities and the soccer officials to “take firm action against these acts of hatred.”
“We urge the authorities to take all necessary actions and apply the full force of the law,” the statement reads. “Violence and discrimination must have no place in our society.”
Repudiamos enérgicamente las expresiones antisemitas ocurridas hoy en las inmediaciones del estadio Malvinas Argentinas.
Exigimos a las autoridades correspondientes, a la AFA y al Club All Boys que actúen con firmeza ante estos hechos de odio.
La violencia y la discriminación no… pic.twitter.com/3AmY7IQscY— DAIA (@DAIAArgentina) June 29, 2025
Since the Hamas-led invasion of and massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Argentina has experienced a surge in antisemitic incidents and anti-Jewish hate crimes.
According to a recent report by DAIA, Argentina experienced a 15 percent increase in antisemitic activity last year, with 687 anti-Jewish hate crimes recorded — up from 598 incidents in 2023 — marking a significant rise nationwide.
The study indicates that 66 percent of the antisemitic incidents originated in the digital realm, with a significant rise in Nazi symbols and conspiracy theories, but there was also a 34 percent increase in reported physical assaults, with such hate crimes rising in schools and neighborhoods.
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Iranian nuclear program degraded by up to two years, Pentagon says
A satellite image of Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility. Photo: File.
The Pentagon said on Wednesday that US strikes 10 days ago had degraded Iran’s nuclear program by up to two years, suggesting the U.S. military operation likely achieved its goals despite a far more cautious initial assessment that leaked to the public.
Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesman, offered the figure at a briefing to reporters, adding that the official estimate was “probably closer to two years.” Parnell did not provide evidence to back up his assessment.
“We have degraded their program by one to two years, at least intel assessments inside the Department [of Defense] assess that,” Parnell told a news briefing.
U.S. military bombers carried out strikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities on June 22 using more than a dozen 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs and more than two dozen Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles.
The evolving U.S. intelligence about the impact of the strikes is being closely watched, after President Donald Trump said almost immediately after they took place that Iran’s program had been obliterated, language echoed by Parnell at Wednesday’s briefing.
Such conclusions often take the U.S. intelligence community weeks or more to determine.
“All of the intelligence that we’ve seen [has] led us to believe that Iran’s — those facilities especially, have been completely obliterated,” Parnell said.
Over the weekend, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, said that Iran could be producing enriched uranium in a few months, raising doubts about how effective US strikes to destroy Tehran’s nuclear program have been.
Several experts have also cautioned that Iran likely moved a stockpile of near weapons-grade highly enriched uranium out of the deeply buried Fordow site before the strikes and could be hiding it.
But US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last week he was unaware of intelligence suggesting Iran had moved its highly enriched uranium to shield it from US strikes.
A preliminary assessment last week from the Defense Intelligence Agency suggested that the strikes may have only set back Iran’s nuclear program by months. But Trump administration officials said that assessment was low confidence and had been overtaken by intelligence showing Iran’s nuclear program was severely damaged.
According to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, the strikes on the Fordow nuclear site caused severe damage.
“No one exactly knows what has transpired in Fordow. That being said, what we know so far is that the facilities have been seriously and heavily damaged,” Araqchi said in the interview broadcast by CBS News on Tuesday.
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Switzerland Moves to Close Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s Geneva Office Over Legal Irregularities
Palestinians carry aid supplies received from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the central Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed/File Photo
Switzerland has moved to shut down the Geneva office of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a US- and Israeli-backed aid group, citing legal irregularities in its establishment.
The GHF began distributing food packages in Gaza in late May, implementing a new aid delivery model aimed at preventing the diversion of supplies by Hamas, as Israel continues its defensive military campaign against the Palestinian terrorist group.
The initiative has drawn criticism from the UN and international organizations, some of which have claimed that Jerusalem is causing starvation in the war-torn enclave.
Israel has vehemently denied such accusations, noting that, until its recently imposed blockade, it had provided significant humanitarian aid in the enclave throughout the war.
Israeli officials have also said much of the aid that flows into Gaza is stolen by Hamas, which uses it for terrorist operations and sells the rest at high prices to Gazan civilians.
With a subsidiary registered in Geneva, the GHF — headquartered in Delaware — reports having delivered over 56 million meals to Palestinians in just one month.
According to a regulatory announcement published Wednesday in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce, the Federal Supervisory Authority for Foundations (ESA) may order the dissolution of the GHF if no creditors come forward within the legal 30-day period.
The Trump administration did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the Swiss decision to shut down its Geneva office.
“The GHF confirmed to the ESA that it had never carried out activities in Switzerland … and that it intends to dissolve the Geneva-registered branch,” the ESA said in a statement.
Last week, Geneva authorities gave the GHF a 30-day deadline to address legal shortcomings or risk facing enforcement measures.
Under local laws and regulations, the foundation failed to meet several requirements: it did not appoint a board member authorized to sign documents domiciled in Switzerland, did not have the minimum three board members, lacked a Swiss bank account and valid address, and operated without an auditing body.
The GHF operates independently from UN-backed mechanisms, which Hamas has sought to reinstate, arguing that these vehicles are more neutral.
Israeli and American officials have rejected those calls, saying Hamas previously exploited UN-run systems to siphon aid for its war effort.
The UN has denied those allegations while expressing concerns that the GHF’s approach forces civilians to risk their safety by traveling long distances across active conflict zones to reach food distribution points.
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