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Israel : Netanyahu asks president to grant him pardon from corruption charges

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  • Reliability

    20% ReliableLimited

  • Policy Leaning

    -54% Medium Left

  • Politician Portrayal

    -51% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Instead, he acknowledges a "broad public and ethical responsibility" for the tension surrounding the ongoing proceedings, and claims the pardon would help unify Israel.
45% : It comes weeks after US President Donald Trump also urged Israel to pardon Netanyahu.
39% : However, opponents have criticised the request, arguing that it could undermine Israel's democratic institutions and set a dangerous precedent by placing Netanyahu above the rule of law.
38% : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel's president to grant him a pardon amid his long-running corruption trial.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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