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Should Israel Pardon Netanyahu to Save Itself?

JL;DR SUMMARY Michael Oren revisits a 2019 suggestion by former opposition member Yossi Yona to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, drawing parallels to the Nixon pardon in the U.S. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Judicial ReformBenjamin NetanyahuIsraeli PoliticsNational UnityRichard NixonPolitical DivisionCorruption TrialPardonYossi Yona

Places mentioned

Israel
"For his supporters, the charges against Netanyahu are part of a protracted witch hunt waged by a dwindling liberal elite against the countrys most dynamic conservative leader who legitimately defeated them at the polls."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Back in 2019, while serving as a deputy government minister, I was approached outside a Knesset meeting by Yossi Yona, a former philosophy professor and member of the opposition Labor Party that Id come to admire."
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