In an interview with AFP, Navi Pillay, who won the Nobel Peace Prize last week, lashed out at President Donald Trump for sanctioning the International Criminal Court, predicted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested, and hit back at the comparison between her and Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.

The former commissioner of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry faced harsh criticism from the United States and Israel over the commission’s report a year ago that Israel committed genocide. The report stripped Israel’s actions of all context, not even mentioning the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attack against Israel.

Pillay accused the president of imposing unprecedented sanctions on the ICC in retaliation for her winning the prize, which he had believed was his due. The new sanctions, unlike previous sanctions that affected individuals with ties to the ICC such as judges and prosecutors, target the ICC itself, with the likely effect of disrupting the criminal court’s day-to-day operations.

The former ICC judge said that the sanctions were illegal, and the timing, just hours after she received the Nobel Peace Prize, could only mean that Trump was playing the sore loser.

Directing her words at Trump, she said, “Call in your legal advisers to explain to you what international law is and why you must not interfere in the affairs of an independent international court.”

The South African also said that Netanyahu would eventually be arrested and would face the court, despite the fact that that seems extremely unlikely now.

“Throughout my life, I have seen people overcome obstacles, and that is why I am convinced it will eventually happen,” she said.

Pillay also slammed the comparison between her and Goebbels, which the Israeli Foreign Ministry put forward after she won the Nobel Peace Prize, denouncing her in a harsh statement for her anti-Israel bias and antisemitism.

“If there were an award for lies, hatred, and blood libels, Navi Pillay wouldn’t just be a contender. She’d be a frontrunner,” the ministry posted on X.

“Her role in the relentless, politically motivated demonization of Israel and promotion of the genoLIE speaks volumes,” it continued.

“Awarding Pillay the Nobel Peace Prize isn’t a recognition of justice. It’s the grotesque weaponization of an award to legitimize anti-Israel hatred and prejudice,” the ministry declared.

“Now that the Nobel commission has rewarded the biggest lie of the 21st century, Joseph Goebbels is certainly applauding from hell,” it concluded.

“I find these remarks deeply hurtful and offensive,” Pillay said. “Goebbels had blood on his hands. He was responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. Not just Jews, but also people whose skin color is like mine.”