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30.12.25 - 15:54
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Trump Says Netanyahu Pardon "On Its Way", Israeli President Says Otherwise (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Says Netanyahu Pardon "On Its Way", Israeli President Says Otherwise
Authored by Travis Gilmore via The Epoch Times,
President Donald Trump said on Dec. 29 that Israeli President Isaac Herzog told him a pardon for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “on its way.” That assertion, however, was disputed by Herzog's office.
“He's a wartime prime minister who's a hero. How do you not give a pardon?” Trump, while standing alongside Netanyahu, told reporters ahead of a meeting at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
“I spoke to the president ... he tells me it's on its way.”
Trump suggested the fate of Israel would be far worse if Netanyahu had not been in charge during recent crises—including the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks.
“If you had the wrong prime minister right now, Israel would not exist,” Trump said.
“They were met with a force the likes of which very few countries could have handled.”
Herzog's office, nevertheless, issued a sta...
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