Netanyahu will win again, because in Israel, there is none like him'

"Israel hasn't talked about the war in Gaza for many weeks. After all, there's a ceasefire in place, is there not? The fact that more than 350 Palestinians, including more than 130 children, have been killed during this so-called ceasefire is neither here nor there, as is the fact that Israel killed them. Palestinians die because that is what Palestinians are there to do. There is nothing to discuss."

"The internal investigation into what came to be known as the Bus 300 affair was rigged by the leadership of Shin Bet. Two years later, an unprecedented deal was reached that not only pardoned the Shin Bet members accused but never convicted of the extrajudicial killings, but also allowed Shin Bet leaders who manipulated the investigation into the incident to resign without being indicted."

Benjamin Netanyahu has requested pre‑trial clemency from the president with the aim of halting his ongoing trial, provoking intense political debate across Israeli society. The president legally can pardon convicted felons, but pardons before conviction are historically rare. One precedent, the Bus 300 affair, involved a pre-trial pardon of Shin Bet personnel after a rigged investigation and an extraordinary deal that shielded senior officials. Meanwhile, a Gaza ceasefire that has reportedly left hundreds of Palestinian civilians dead, including children, receives little public attention as politics fixates on the pardon request.

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