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Netanyahu seeks pardon in corruption trial from Israel’s president after getting Trump’s backing

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has submitted a request for a formal pardon amid a yearslong corruption trial, just weeks after President Donald Trump said he should be pardoned.“Today, my lawyers submitted a request for clemency to the President of the State,” Netanyahu said in a video address posted on X Sunday.“The continuation of the trial is tearing us apart from within, provoking fierce divisions, intensifying divisions,” he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has submitted a request for a formal pardon amid a yearslong corruption trial, just weeks after President Donald Trump said he should be pardoned.
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Source: NBC News | Published: 2025-11-30T13:17:37Z

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