Trial of Netanyahu who faces bribery charges : mid-February 2026 -- Trump verbal attack on Pres. Herzog because he "hasn't pardoned Netanyahu"

NYTIMES (online article)

Trump's stinging attack on Israel's

President touches a nerve (15/Feb./2026)

a blatant intervention into Israeli domestic affairs

offends senior Israeli officials . . . 

REUTERS distinguishes between

Trump expression of his personal

"hope" that NETANYAHU will gain

a pardon ahead of the final stages

of an ongoing Trial for charges

still being adjudicated (2021 - current/ongoing)

AND

12/30/2025 word from

President Herzog of Israel

denies any plan to offer

such a pre-emptive "pardon"/

get out of jail-free "card".

reuters.com/news 2025/12/30

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Court testimony reveals how the

Israeli P.M.

advanced regulatory decisions

worth hundreds of millions of

shekels in favor of Bezeq, in return

for positive and interventionist

coverage for himself and his family.

J POST dot-com

Jerusalem Post online article

israel-news/benjamin-netanyahu/

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