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Trump brands Netanyahu's corruption trial a 'witch hunt,' calls for it to be canceled
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/israel/trump-netanyahu-corruption-trial-witch-hunt-canceled-rcna215168The Israeli prime minister is facing charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases.
President Donald Trump has termed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long-running corruption trial a "witch hunt" and called for it to be canceled.
"Such a WITCH HUNT, for a man who has given so much, is unthinkable to me," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday. He added that he had just learned Netanyahu had been "summoned to court on Monday," in the case, which began in 2020.
"He deserves much better than this, and so does the State of Israel. Bibi Netanyahu's trial should be CANCELLED, IMMEDIATELY, or a Pardon given to a Great Hero," Trump added.
Netanyahu is facing charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases.
Prosecutors have alleged that he exchanged regulatory favors with media owners in Israel seeking positive press coverage.
He has also been accused of accepting gifts — including cigars and champagne — in exchange for advancing the personal interests of Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan and Australian billionaire James Packer. Prosecutors say these were worth hundreds of thousands of shekels.
Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister and the first sitting Israeli leader to have taken the stand as a criminal defendant, has roundly denied the allegations, similarly branding them a "witch hunt."
A verdict isn't expected until 2026 at the earliest, while Netanyahu will also have the option to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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I hope people begin to realize that Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are criminals, and as so, they enable each other through some sort of 'brotherhood pact'. Netanyahu has been eager to commit murder and to cause the starvation of thousands of Palestinians, simply to keep himself out of prison! Right now, Israel is denying or hindering the distribution of essential food and humanitarian aid in Gaza, leading to a large portion of the population to die from famine. The immorality and inhumanity of Benjamin Netanyahu is profoundly disturbing. The fact that Trump is aligned with this butcher is even worse, because Trump would do the very same thing if he were in Netanyahu's shoes. One day, it may happen in the US as well, if Trump remains in power.
This video, filmed 6 months ago in Palestine, shows starving children being crushed trying to get essential flour from a humanitarian relief truck. It was this bad six months ago, can anyone comprehend how bad it is today? Netanyahu's war against Hamas is nothing other than an intentional extermination of civilians in all of Palestine. If all the 'good Christians' ignore this, you aren't Christian at all, quite the opposite.