A far-left Norwegian lawmaker has nominated the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement for a Nobel Peace Prize, saying that the group’s candidacy should be supported “without reservation” by all “democratically-minded people and states”.

Bjørnar Moxnes, leader of the far-left Red Party, said that his nomination is “perfectly in line” with his party’s commitment to stopping “an ascendant, racist and right-wing politics sweeping too much of our world.”