Pardon

Grapevine, March 27, 2026: A welcome break

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. July 25, 2024.
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu giving a press conference, March 19, 2026.

Heritage Minister Eliyahu submits opinion on Netanyahu pardon request to Herzog

The submission marks another step in one of Israel’s most unusual clemency proceedings, given that Netanyahu’s criminal trial is still ongoing.

|BySHIR PERETS, SARAH BEN-NUN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the District Court in Tel Aviv, in the trial against him, October 15, 2025

Netanyahu’s press conference: A tactless defense of his trial allegations - opinion

What Netanyahu said at a press conference last Thursday regarding his trial was a faux pas – a tactless act that violates etiquette.

|BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
US President Donald Trump enters the Knesset with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in October 2025, in Jerusalem.

Trump calls Herzog 'disgrace,' urges him to pardon Netanyahu 'today' - N12

Herzog said he would not cave in to 'external or internal pressures' and will not be dealing with the issue of Netanyahu's pardon during an ongoing war.

|ByTOBIAS SIEGAL

Grapevine June 13, 2021: A pardon in suspense

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 13, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
NINET TAYEB and Yehuda Levi appear on the red carpet at the MTV Europe Awards in Berlin in 2009.

US sues Trump ally Roger Stone for approx. $2 million in unpaid taxes

Stone was indicted by Robert Mueller, the former special counsel tasked with investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump granted him a presidential pardon in December.

APRIL 17, 2021ByREUTERS
Roger Stone, longtime political ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, flashes a victory gesture as he departs following a status conference in the criminal case against him brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2019.

Sheldon Silver not among Donald Trump’s last-minute pardons

Among the Jews who did make the cut were several whose crimes affected Jewish communities or who had the support of the Aleph Institute, an organization that works with Jews who are incarcerated.

JANUARY 21, 2021ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
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Who were the Jews pardoned by Trump in his final days in office?

The full list of Jews pardoned by Trump.

JANUARY 20, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan

The most notable names on Trump's pardon list

In a since-deleted tweet in November, rapper Kodak Black promised to spend $1 million on charity if the president released him, the hip-hop magazine XXL reported.

JANUARY 20, 2021ByREUTERS
US President Donald Trump speaks about early results from the 2020 US presidential election in the East Room of the White House in Washington, US, November 4, 2020.