By Gwynne Dyer
Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu, has just asked the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, to “fully pardon” him of all three charges – bribery, fraud and breach of trust – that he has been on trial for since 2020. And the question is: why did he only ask for it now?
The alleged crimes were the kind of petty malpractice that often trips up politicians: accepting gifts
