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(30 Nov 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jerusalem - 30 November 2025
1. Various of people at Jerusalem’s market
2. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) David Hasson, resident of Kiryat Malachi:
“I think that Bibi (Benjamin Netanyahu) should be granted pardon in order to end this lengthy trial that’s been going on for so many years, and will continue for years.”
3. Lottery stand with Israeli flag on top at entrance to market
4. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Ami Hannan, resident of Jerusalem:
“I think he (Benjamin Netanyahu) is a bit late with this request, because if should have been done long time ago, he is being pursued (legally) and he has so many problems in the country, so this will probably solve all the problems.”
5. Various of people at market
6. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Lior Gal, resident of Jerusalem:
“Bibi (Benjamin) Netanyahu did totally the right thing requesting the pardon, he deserves to be pardoned. We need to finish this chapter, stay united and move on.”
7. Israeli flag on top of lottery stand

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Tel Aviv, Israel - 30 November 2025 ++VIA VIDEOLINK++
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Yohanan Plesner, President of the Israel Democracy Institute:
“In this case, Netanyahu’s request, he basically says 'I’m completely innocent, I’m sure that I can prove this innocence, but not for my own interest, for the country’s interest I’m requesting this pardon.' So there is no assumption of responsibility whatsoever, and this might project a problematic message to all public figures and to what our public norms might look like.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jerusalem - 30 November 2025
9. People at Jerusalem market
STORYLINE:
People on the streets of Jerusalem gave their reactions on Sunday to news that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the president for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial.

Some said he should have done so sooner, others that he deserved a pardon so that the country can move forward.

But others, including opposition leaders, oppose the pardon without an admission of guilt and a withdrawal from political life.

"There is no assumption of responsibility whatsoever, and this might project a problematic message to all public figures and to what our public norms might look like,” Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute, told The Associated Press.

Netanyahu's office has confirmed the request was submitted to the president's legal department.

The president's office called it an “extraordinary request” with “significant implications.”

Netanyahu faces charges of fraud, breach of trust, and accepting bribes but has not been convicted.

He denies the allegations, calling the trial a witch hunt.

The request follows U.S. President Donald Trump's urging for a pardon. Legal experts say the request cannot stop the trial. Opposition leaders oppose the pardon without an admission of guilt and a withdrawal from political life.

AP video shot by Shlomo Mor

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