<article data-history-node-id="429974" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/cair-calls-nobel-prize-winner-renounce-support-zionism-and-fascism" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/cair-calls-nobel-prize-winner-renounce-support-zionism-and-fascism" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Cair calls on Nobel Prize winner to renounce support for Zionism and fascism</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/us" target="_blank">American</a>&nbsp;civil rights group on Friday called on the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize winner to renounce her support for Zionism and fascism, including over her links to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political party and right-wing groups in Europe.</p> <p>Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.</p> <p>The Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) said that they “strongly disagree” with the Nobel Prize committee’s decision to award the prize to Maria Corina Machado, who they said “delivered remarks at a conference of European fascists, including Geert Wilders and Marie Le Pen, which&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newarab.com/opinion/reconquista-christian-far-right-joins-zionism-neo-crusade" target="_blank">openly called for a new Reconquista</a>, referencing the ethnic cleansing of Spanish Muslims and Jews in&nbsp;the 1500s”.</p> <p>They said that if she failed to do so, they urged the Nobel Prize committee to “reconsider” its decision, saying that it had “undermined their own reputation” by selecting her.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/cair-calls-nobel-prize-winner-renounce-support-zionism-and-fascism">Cair calls on Nobel Prize winner to renounce support for Zionism and fascism</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado (Federico Parra/AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2a201c3c-fa7a-4517-b1ad-f9dc91fdca86" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/US_Machado_Federico%20PARRA%20_%20AFP.jpg" width="5000" height="2812" alt="Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado (Federico Parra/AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado (Federico Parra/AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>