Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally requested a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, arguing it was in the “public interest.” In a letter addressed to President Isaac Herzog,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (November 30) asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon in the corruption charges he is facing, weeks after US President Donald Trump wrot...

The request, which President Isaac Herzog’s office described in a statement as “extraordinary,” came about two weeks after President Trump sent a letter to Mr. Herzog urging him to pardon Mr. Netanyah...