Anne Applebaum, a historian and journalist, has been awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for 2024 for her work focusing on democracy and peace. This award comes amidst mixed reactions, with some criticizing her past support for Israeli attacks on Palestinian journalists.
Anne Applebaum has won one of Germany's most prestigious peace prizes. The choice of the ultra-hawk columnist as a peace advocate is so silly, I might as well get picked as "Buddhist of the Year." Let’s review some of her “peace” advocacy, shall we? https://t.co/pw0is4ZVfj
We now fully live in an Orwellian upside-down, where Obama and Ann Applebaum receive peace prizes... and actual peace fighters exposing war crimes or denouncing genocide are jailed or thoroughly demonized. Could we just fast forward to the moment when this madness ends? https://t.co/aDvc6xPkZJ
Anne Applebaum just won the German Book Trade Peace Prize. The Association of German Butchers will soon give her a peace prize, too. https://t.co/Or2cNuapwH
Journalist and author Anne Applebaum wins the German Book Trade’s Peace Prize for “her work’s focus on democracy and peace.” In 2002, Applebaum supported Israeli attacks on Palestinian journalists and media institutions as "legitimate targets.” https://t.co/oVPe8tlG04
Historian and journalist Anne Applebaum has won the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for 2024. https://t.co/cLuIm9FYzt