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( NewsNation ) — President Donald Trump sent a letter on Wednesday to Israeli President Isaac Herzog , urging him to consider granting a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a long-running corruption trial .

“As the Great State of Israel and the amazing Jewish People move past the terribly difficult times of the last three years, I hereby call on you to fully pardon Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been a formidable and decisive War Time Prime Minister, and is now leading Israel into a time of peace,” Trump wrote.

Additionally, Trump said that Netanyahu has “stood tall for Israel in the face of strong adversaries”

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