{"id":3987,"date":"2025-12-01T23:52:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T23:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3987"},"modified":"2025-12-01T23:52:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T23:52:53","slug":"what-does-netanyahus-pardon-request-mean-for-israels-future-benjamin-netanyahu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3987","title":{"rendered":"What does Netanyahu\u2019s pardon request mean for Israel\u2019s future? | Benjamin Netanyahu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>There are divided reactions to the Israeli prime minister\u2019s pardon request to President Isaac Herzog.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked for a presidential pardon to end the criminal prosecution against him.<\/p>\n<p>He says it will unite the public, but critics say he is driving further division.<\/p>\n<p>So, what are the long-term implications for Israel?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> Bernard Smith<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dan Perry \u2013 political analyst<\/p>\n<p>Neve Gordon \u2013 professor of human rights and international humanitarian law at Queen Mary University of London<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Barak \u2013 former aide to Benjamin Netanyahu during his time at the Foreign Ministry<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 1 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">1 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share dark-view\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are divided reactions to the Israeli prime minister\u2019s pardon request to President Isaac Herzog. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked for a presidential pardon to end the criminal prosecution against him. He says it will unite the public, but critics say he is driving further division. So, what are the long-term implications for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}