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... Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking a preemptive pardon in the midst of his years long corruption trial. Netanyahu said a pardon would heal divisions in Israeli society, but initial public reaction suggested otherwise. The appeal was made to Israeli President Isaac Herzog. His office called the request extraordinary and said ...
In rare cases, the system could pardon Netanyahu. Experts say the president has broad discretion to grant one, and oversight is limited. However, "as a rule, the president reviews a pardon request only after all legal proceedings have ended. The possibility of a preconviction pardon ... is extremely rare,” the Israel ...
... Israeli and a Thai national, are still to be returned. Israelis rallied again Saturday night in Tel Aviv for their return. Elsewhere in the region Israeli forces have pushed forward on a number of other fronts in the region in recent weeks. Syrian officials said that Israeli forces raided a ...
... the Israeli incursions as a violation of Syria’s sovereignty. On Friday the government called for the international community to take “urgent action” to halt Israeli incursions. Israel has viewed Syria's new government, headed by former insurgent leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, with suspicion. The two countries, which do not ...
The latest operation comes amid a rising tide of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank. Israeli leaders have played down the settler attacks as the work of a small minority. But Palestinians say the attacks are frequent, often in close proximity to Israeli troops, and the settlers are rarely ...
... training."The U.N. reported that Indonesia had been the fifth-largest uniformed personnel contributor, deploying 2,731 individuals on peacekeeping operations as of September. Israeli defense minister says relationship with military chief intact despite spat Defense Minister Israel Katz said in the Israeli parliament Wednesday that a recent spat ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement Tuesday that the delay amounted to a ceasefire violation. Israel has released the bodies of 330 Palestinians back to Gaza since the ceasefire came into effect. Palestinian officials have struggled to identify the bodies without access to DNA ...
... one year to the day, the country agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah. The strike killed at least five people and wounded dozens of others. Israel said the target of the strike was a key Hezbollah military leader considered the terror group's chief of staff. An Israeli government spokesperson ...
... Israel attacks in the country and accuse Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement. Aoun last week said the country is ready to enter negotiations with Israel to stop its airstrikes and to withdraw from five hilltop points it occupies on Lebanese territory. It was unclear if Israel would agree. Aoun ...
... than half of them women and children. It was the biggest single mass casualty event of the war and the highest death toll of any Israeli strike on Lebanese territory for nearly two decades. The Israeli army says the building was a Hezbollah command center. In the rubble, we found ...
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