Anyone who has read the court transcripts understands that no power can save Benjamin Netanyahu from conviction on at least some of the charges. But the pardon request submitted to President Herzog contains no hint of this, and appears to be the most brazen request ever submitted

Thirty-eight percent of Israelis would support pardoning the Prime Minister, a poll published by Kan news found. In a Channel 12 News poll, 42 percent opposed a pardon without Netanyahu's resignation

A far-right minister said he would vote against a highly controversial bill exempting ultra-Orthodox men from military conscription, even if the prime minister fires him, as debates resume in the Knesset's Defense Committee

Since October 7, defense spending has jumped by tens of billions of shekels a year and Israel's reputation has suffered overseas. The economy will feel these effects for years to come, even if we are far from the 'lost decade' after the Yom Kippur War

In the final days of the Nafatli Benett and Yair Lapid government in 2022, Taal chairman Ahmad Tibi approached members of the government and offered to provide a safety net. He was turned away. That's it, Arabs aren't allowed to save Jews from Jews

A pardon on the terms Netanyahu is demanding would be a death blow to the judicial system and the rule of law, and would confirm his claim that a vengeful 'deep state' fabricated a case against him

After visiting Turkey, Pope Leo continues to Lebanon, warmly received in Beirut as 'a visit of hope.' During his three-day trip, he visited holy sites sacred to both Muslims and Christians, including the Tomb of St. Charbel Makhlouf and the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, urging hope, love, and respect for religious pluralism

The arrests of members of the Abu Latif and Hariri organizations follow a year-long undercover investigation, the police said, carried out with the help of a state witness nicknamed 'the Prince,' who infiltrated the crime organizations for more than a year