Afghanistan, July 9 -- EU's Borrell criticized Netanyahu for nominating Trump-his top arms supplier-for the Nobel Peace Prize amid Gaza's ongoing ethnic cleansing crisis.

Josep Borrell, former EU foreign policy chief, has sharply criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent move to nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Borrell denounced the nomination, calling it an outrageous act by "a wanted war criminal" endorsing the main supplier of arms used in an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing.

Netanyahu formally submitted the nomination letter during a meeting with Trump at the White House on Monday, July 8. The meeting marked a significant symbolic gesture amid continued international scrutiny of I...