میدل-ایست-آیNetanyahu won’t seek pardon in corruption case if it means admitting guilt
Netanyahu won’t seek pardon in corruption case if it means admitting guilt
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that although he appreciated US President Donald Trump’s letter to President Isaac Herzog urging a pardon, he would not accept it if it required admitting guilt in the corruption case against him.
"Nobody suggests I would accept a pardon, and I certainly won't," Netanyahu said in an interview with Australian TV host Erin Molan.
Netanyahu called the corruption trial against him "politicised and unjust."
"It hurts both American and Israeli interests, which is also what he said," Netanyahu said. "My time has to be free to pursue the things that will determine Israel’s future and the future of peace in the Middle East."
"I will not admit guilt – that will not happen. I am grateful for the gesture, but my integrity is intact."
