Netanyahu corruption trials: What are the charges and will he be pardoned?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally requested a pardon from President Isaac Herzog to end his ongoing corruption cases. 

Netanyahu faces charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate cases launched in 2019. 

The longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history, he is also the first to be criminally charged while in office, and could face up to 10 years in prison if found guilty. 

Netanyahu denies all wrongdoing and has branded the corruption allegations a “witch-hunt” led by his political opponents.

He also called for “national unity” amid Israel’s wars, which many accused him of prolonging to divert attention from his charges. 

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