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


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.