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This yearâs long list of 2021 Nobel Peace Prize nominees is two names longer thanks to Alan M. Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, who nominated former White House advisor Jared C. Kushner â03 and his deputy Avrahm âAviâ Berkowitz last week for their work on the Abraham Accords.
We are surprised by neither the nominator nor the nominees, especially when considered in tandem. Dershowitzâs role in the nomination is hardly out of character; the high-profile attorney has long been an intimate companion of the Trump administration â a firm advocate of the establishment who has, over the past four years, championed the administrationâs endeavors on cable news, in print, and in 280-character endorsements on Twitter. Dershowitz has also spent much of his fabled career building a prominent persona, and he has never shied from public attention nor the