The Nobel Peace Prize has become a fig leaf for left-wing activism

Alfred Nobel intended the peace prize for those who had done the most to advance peace among nations. Instead, it is increasingly handed out to the international activist class: people who say the right things, back the right causes and appeal to the political instincts of a handful of parliamentarians in a rarefied progressive bubble.

This year’s award to Navi Pillay is a case in point.

Pillay is best known for chairing the U.N. commission of inquiry that accused Israel of genocide in Gaza.