Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested that President Isaac Herzog pardon him of corruption charges in his five-year-long case, citing U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent request for the favor and saying that it’s necessary to advance the two leaders’ joint interests as they ravage the Middle East. The prime minister made the request on Sunday, framing the trial as a “witch hunt” and a pardon as a way to unite Israel. “I am sure, like many others in the nation, that an immediate conclusion of the trial would greatly help to lower the flames and promote the broad reconciliation that our country so desperately needs.”
Author: Sharon Zhang
Published at: 2025-12-01 22:01:13
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