Reference News, March 6 report: According to the U.S. Axios news website, March 5 report, President Trump said on March 5 that Israeli President Isaac Herzog must "today" pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and called Herzog's inaction over the past year "a disgrace."
The report said that Trump said in a phone interview: "I talk to Bibi (Benjamin Netanyahu's nickname - editor's note) every day about the war. I want him to focus on the war, not the damn court cases. I want Bibi to face only the pressure of fighting Iran."
Since last June, Trump has been urging Israel to pardon Netanyahu, whom he believes has faced corruption charges since 2020 as a "political persecution," similar to the legal troubles he himself faces.
However, Trump's remarks on March 5 marked a sharp escalation in attitude and a direct intervention in Israel's judicial system during the ongoing war.
Trump said: "The president should pardon Bibi today. I don't want Bibi to think about anything other than fighting Iran."
Trump claimed that Herzog had promised him five times in the past year to pardon Netanyahu but never fulfilled his promise. (Translated by Li Sha)
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