Pardon

Herzog at Davos: Netanyahu trial has negative effect on Israeli society, a solution is needed

President Isaac Herzog said in Davos that any decision on a potential pardon for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be made independently, according to Israeli law and his conscience.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026.
US President Donald Trump enters the Knesset with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in October 2025, in Jerusalem.

President Herzog’s response to PM Netanyahu’s request for a pardon: A proposal - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog over a backdrop of Netanyahu's presidential pardon request.

Netanyahu's main goal in Trump meeting was to pressure Herzog into pardon - opinion

US President Donald Trump talks to the media as he welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Trump says Herzog told him Netanyahu pardon 'on the way,' presidency denies claim


Dershowitz to 'Post': BBC was right to interview me about Maxwell

The Times of London was wrong to report that I lobbied for a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell.

ALAN DERSHOWITZ speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the US Capitol in Washington on January 27.

Faint echoes of Ford pardoning Nixon in possible Netanyahu plea deal - analysis

While what is being discussed is a plea, not a presidential pardon like the one that completely cleared Richard Nixon of any crimes, there are still parallels. 

 Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening broadcast of Channel 14, November 27, 2021.

Alan Dershowitz lobbied Trump for pre-emptive pardon for Maxwell - report

Ghislaine Maxwell was ultimately convicted late last year for recruiting and grooming underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein.

ALAN DERSHOWITZ speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the US Capitol in Washington on January 27.

Herzog under attack for reduction of sentence for criminal

Gila Naftalin is the sister of Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the rabbi of the Western Wall, with whom President Isaac Herzog has had long and close relations.

 President Isaac Herzog is seen speaking at the Israel Bar Association, on September 2, 2021.

In spirit of 10 Days of Penitence, Herzog continues pardons policy

Herzog's pardons announcement is intended to raise awareness among IDF soldiers and national service volunteers with criminal convictions from their pre-service days.

 Herzog shares condolence call details with IDF soldiers on the Gaza border

Grapevine June 13, 2021: A pardon in suspense

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NINET TAYEB and Yehuda Levi appear on the red carpet at the MTV Europe Awards in Berlin in 2009.

US sues Trump ally Roger Stone for approx. $2 million in unpaid taxes

Stone was indicted by Robert Mueller, the former special counsel tasked with investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump granted him a presidential pardon in December.

Roger Stone, longtime political ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, flashes a victory gesture as he departs following a status conference in the criminal case against him brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2019.

Sheldon Silver not among Donald Trump’s last-minute pardons

Among the Jews who did make the cut were several whose crimes affected Jewish communities or who had the support of the Aleph Institute, an organization that works with Jews who are incarcerated.

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Who were the Jews pardoned by Trump in his final days in office?

The full list of Jews pardoned by Trump.

US President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan

The most notable names on Trump's pardon list

In a since-deleted tweet in November, rapper Kodak Black promised to spend $1 million on charity if the president released him, the hip-hop magazine XXL reported.

US President Donald Trump speaks about early results from the 2020 US presidential election in the East Room of the White House in Washington, US, November 4, 2020.