Trump: pardon for Israeli prime minister “on its way”

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Israeli President Isaac Herzog told him that a pardon for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “on its way”, according to Al-Monitor via Reuters on December 29th.

Herzog’s office has disputed this claim, which relates to Netanyahu’s long-standing corruption case, in which he is facing charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.

The trial began in 2020, but has repeatedly been postponed amid Israel’s war on Gaza. It was reported on December 1st that former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett had expressed support for Netanyahu receiving a pardon, provided that his successor agreed to leave politics.

Al-Monitor via Reuters, Maghrebi.org