Podcast: Trump ‘emboldened’ Netanyahu to seek a pardon

There was a clear “threat” delivered in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s formal letter to President Isaac Herzog requesting a pardon in his corruption case, senior Haaretz columnist Dahlia Scheindlin said on the Haaretz Podcast. On the podcast, Scheindlin discusses the impact a pardon would have on a future election and the U.S.-led efforts to pursue the goals laid out in the Gaza cease-fire agreement, as well as what she believes Israel’s opposition needs to do to seize this moment ahead of next October’s election in order to formulate a “winning strategy” to defeat Netanyahu (Listen here).