Opposition leader MK Yair Lapid was afraid to directly attack the American president for his letter to President Herzog, asking him to grant a pardon to Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Lapid's solution was creative. He went up to speak in the plenary, addressed the coalition members and told them about Trump's proposal - this should be your response: "There comes a moment when people who say to themselves, we are the national camp, should also tell an American president - we are a sovereign state, there is a limit to intervention.".
He added, telling the coalition members: "National people should say - you cannot send letters and demand pardon for the Israeli prime minister in a criminal proceeding. We are a proud country, we are a sovereign country, we are not anyone's protectorate. It cannot be that the prime minister runs to you every time he asks for help and you issue letters calling for him to be pardoned.".
Lapid emphasized: "A country proud of itself, with national honor, does not behave like this.".
He later said that the first ones who should have responded to the American president's proposal were the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice.
Earlier today, Lapid tweeted: "Reminder - Israeli law states that the first condition for receiving a pardon is an admission of guilt and an expression of remorse for the actions.".
But Lapid once again demonstrated his ignorance in public.
Legal commentator Avishai Greenzig tweeted in response on the X network: "There is no such law.".
Commentator Amit Segal wrote: "The law does not formally require this. There are cases in the past where pardons were granted without confession and remorse.".
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