Pardon

Trump says Herzog would become 'national hero' if he pardoned Netanyahu - Axios

US President Donald Trump was reportedly surprised that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to return to trial on Wednesday, Axios reported.

US President Donald Trump enters the Knesset with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in October 2025, in Jerusalem.
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend the dedication of a new rehab center at Hadassah Hospital-Mount Scopus in October. Pardon Netanyahu if he takes substantive steps to unite the nation, says the writer.

President Herzog not planning to pardon Netanyahu soon, pushing for plea deal

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. July 25, 2024.

Grapevine, March 27, 2026: A welcome break

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu giving a press conference, March 19, 2026.

Heritage Minister Eliyahu submits opinion on Netanyahu pardon request to Herzog


Tel Aviv stock market rises after Netanyahu's bombshell pardon request

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu submitted a 111-page pardon request to President Isaac Herzog, lifting Tel Aviv indexes as investors weighed stability risks and the state budget timeline.

President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of a stock market ticker board.

How will Netanyahu's dramatic pardon plea play out - and what happens next? - explainer

Benjamin Netanyahu has formally asked President Isaac Herzog for a pre-verdict pardon in his corruption trial, setting off a sensitive legal review with major political implications.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial ceremony for Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, July 24, 2025

Netanyahu must be pardoned as Israel's security reality 'more complex than ever,' Katz says

Defense Minister Israel Katz called the pardon necessary as Israel faces a "more complex security reality than ever before."

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir during a discussion and a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem. March 6, 2023.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu's pardon power play: A not-so-veiled offer to Israel's judiciary - analysis

The prime minister's pardon contained a not-so-veiled offer: Let me have a pardon and I will turn down the pressure on the legal establishment.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara cast their vote during the elections for the Likud Central Committee, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, November 25, 2025

PM Netanyahu submits 'extraordinary' pardon request to President Herzog amid criminal trial

Officials stressed that President Isaac Herzog will consider the PM's request “responsibly and sincerely” once all legal materials are before him.

President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak at an event at the President's residence in Jerusalem, May 1, 2025

UAE rulers order release of thousands of inmates ahead of union day 

UAE leaders have ordered the release of thousands of inmates ahead of Union Day, with multiple emirates issuing coordinated pardons for prisoners who met conduct and time-served criteria.

A policeman enters Dubai's Al-Awir central prison in the United Arab Emirates, on May 21, 2020

Trump re-pardons Biden's turkeys saying Biden's auto pen pardon 'didn't count'

Trump joked that he initially wanted to rename the birds Chuck and Nancy, an apparent reference to foes Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, both Democrats.

U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. first lady look at Gobble, one of two turkeys ceremonially pardoned for Thanksgiving, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 25, 2025.

Trump’s call for Netanyahu’s pardon crosses a line in Israeli sovereignty - editorial

While Trump’s support for Israel is undeniable, his request for Netanyahu’s pardon crosses a line into interference in domestic affairs and judicial independence.

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters upon his return to Washington at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, November 9, 2025.

Biden issues pardons to protect Milley, Fauci, others from Trump retaliation

The pardon also covers all lawmakers who served on the congressional select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden looks on during a cabinet meeting inside the West Wing of the White House in September. Biden must not continue with the Obama policy of appeasing Iran and turning a blind eye to its terrorist proxies, the writers warn.

Annual pardons report: Herzog lists crimes for which there are no pardons, commuted sentences

The decisions were made in cooperation with the Justice Ministry.

 Palestinian prisoners wait to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007.