U.S. President Donald Trump urged Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption, during an address to the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem.

Netanyahu hailed Trump as “the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House," and he promised to work with him going forward.

US President Donald Trump on Monday told the Israeli parliament that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial in three separate corruption cases, should be pardoned.Netanyahu and his wife Sara are accused in one case of accepting more than $260,

Israeli prime minister's office later said the premier would not be attending the Gaza summit because of the Shemini Atzeret-Simchat Torah holiday

During a recent speech to the Knesset, President Donald Trump lauded Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid and humorously addressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. , US News, Times Now

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's testimony resumes his criminal trial on Wednesday, following a request for a delay due to urgent diplomatic meetings.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he “has never seen anyone move the world so quickly, so decisively, so resolutely” as US President Donald Trump has. With Israel’s military pressure and Trump’s “global pressure,” says Netanyahu in a speech at the Knesset ahead of Trump’s address, “We’ve achieved this historic moment.”

Phase one of the deal will see all remaining hostages returned from Gaza, a number of Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails and the partial withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces inside the strip.