TEL AVIV, 01 Dec. - (ANA) - Israelis have taken to the streets in Tel Aviv after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested a presidential pardon for the fraud and corruption cases he is currently facing.

 

Demonstrators gathered outside President Isaac Herzog’s residence, urging him to reject the prime minister’s appeal.

 

The protest on Sunday evening followed Netanyahu, 76, formally seeking a full pardon in his long-running corruption trial without admitting any wrongdoing or offering an apology.

 

Opposition MPs — including Naama Lazimi — joined dozens of activists at the demonstration, organised under the slogan “Pardon = Banana Republic”, outside Herzog’s private home.

 

Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, has been on trial for five years over three separate corruption cases involving allegations of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.   - (ANA) -

 

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