Overview
- The Israeli President’s Office said it received a formal letter from President Trump urging Isaac Herzog to consider a pardon for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- In the letter, Trump wrote that he respects the independence of Israel’s justice system but views the cases as a “political, unjustified prosecution.”
- Trump referenced working with Netanyahu against Iran as part of his rationale for clemency.
- Netanyahu is on trial in three cases alleging bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.
- Haaretz described the request as a call to “fully pardon” Netanyahu, a stronger phrasing than other accounts, and no decision has been announced.