GB News guest explains why Donald Trump is nailed on for Nobel Peace Prize after major Israel breakthrough

Lord Stuart Polak, who currently sits as the honorary president of the Conservative Friends of Israel, told Martin about his "shock and surprise" when Sir Keir Starmer failed to answer whether Mr Trump should be nominated.

Instead, he said he would answer the question instead, saying that the President should "absolutely" be put forward for the peace prize.

He further laid into the Labour leader, saying that when Sir Keir said that "we have played our part behind the scenes" during a press conference in India, the chairman insisting that was just "code for 'we didn't do anything; we just weren't at the table'".

"What he's done here is time when everybody else was just playing around, not doing anything serious.

"Certainly with the British over the last year since the Labour Party came to office, they have become irrelevant, certainly in Jerusalem and elsewhere," Lord Polak criticised.

A campaign for the President's potential nomination has been once again come alive after Mr Trump announced his diplomatic breakthrough yesterday.

Earlier today, Israeli crowds took to the streets celebrating after President Trump made the monumental announcement.

One person told reporters: "I want to thank President Trump for bringing this amazing victory. That's the name for it. A victory. He deserves a Nobel Prize for this, a Nobel Peace Prize for bringing this amazing deal."

The agreement, described by President Trump as the first step of securing peace in Gaza, would see Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners released, Israeli troops withdrawn, and humanitarian aid allowed into the region.

Mr Trump said the breakthrough came after "days of intense negotiations", adding that "peace through strength" had brought both sides to the table.

For months now, speculation has swirled surrounding the possibility that the President should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his negotiations to strike deals across the world - both across the Middle East and Europe.

On several occasions, the Republican has said that he believes he deserves the honour, saying that "many people" thought so too during his first term.

Earlier this year, he reiterated his worthiness during a meeting with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying: "They will never give me a Nobel Peace Prize. I deserve it, but they will never give it to me."

Now, Mr Netanyahu took to X to back Mr Trump, saying "give [him] the Nobel Peace Prize - he deserves it".

Other world leaders have demanded the same recognition for the Republican's efforts.

In August, the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet backed Mr Trump for the prize, lauding his "extraordinary statesmanship" in stopping a conflict between Cambodia and Thailand in its tracks.

He further hailed Mr Trump's diplomacy as an example of his "exceptional achievements in de-escalating tensions in some of the world's most volatile regions".

The leader of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif simply nominated the businessman-turned-politician in September, adding that "this is the least we could do for his love for peace".

These nominations were handed in before the given deadline of February 1, however.

The potential nomination could make Mr Trump the fourth US President in history to be handed the prestigious award - the winner of which will be announced on Friday.

In 1920, Woodrow Wilson was the first President to be awarded the honour for his effort ending the First World War and assisting the establishment of the League of Nations.

There was not another award given to the Leader of the Free World until 2002 when Jimmy Carter was praised for his "peaceful solutions to international conflicts, advancing democracy and human rights, and promoting economic and social development".

And, finally, Barack Obama became the third President to win such prestige for efforts to boost worldwide diplomacy and cooperation.