Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara light first Hanukkah candle with Israel Police officers, family of last remaining hostage Ran Gvili. 'Safest place for Jewish people is where the government,

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally requested a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, arguing it was in the “public interest.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the request would help unify the country at a time of momentous changes in the region.

Netanyahu requests presidential pardon while facing corruption trial, citing need to heal national divisions in unprecedented move by sitting Israeli PM.

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The next phase of the Gaza ceasefire involves an international security force and other measures and has not yet started.

What began as Israel’s leader cold-shouldering the mainstream media is becoming a more widespread assault on the country’s freedom of the press.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the contentious appeal weeks after President Trump had made the same request to the Israeli president.

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