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Trump shares news article about Netanyahu’s request for a pardon

By Jacob Magid 5 December 2025, 2:42 am Edit

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

US President Donald Trump (left) speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, October 13, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/ Pool via AP)
US President Donald Trump (left) speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, October 13, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/ Pool via AP)

US President Donald Trump has shared a news article from an Israeli website on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s formal request for a pardon from President Isaac Herzog.

The post is one of dozens Trump has published on Truth Social in the past several hours.

Trump has weighed in on Netanyahu’s trial several times on Netanyahu’s behalf, dismissing the cases against the premier.

In a speech before the Knesset in October, Trump appealed directly to Herzog and urged him to pardon Netanyahu.

Last month, he made the request more formally in a letter to Herzog.

In a call earlier this week, Netanyahu reportedly asked Trump if he could do more, even though US officials are said to believe that the president has done all he can at this point.

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