Trump slams Israel’s prosecutors over Netanyahu corruption trial
- On Friday, June 27, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump criticized Israeli prosecutors over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ongoing corruption trial in Jerusalem.
- Trump called the prosecution a political witch hunt and argued it would hinder Netanyahu's efforts to negotiate a deal with Hamas and Iran amid ongoing Middle East tensions.
- Netanyahu, indicted in 2019 on bribery, fraud, and breach of trust charges, has denied wrongdoing and taken the stand in his trial, which involves accusations including accepting luxury gifts for political favors.
- Trump posted on Truth Social that the case was "INSANITY," labeling Netanyahu a "War Hero," and warned, "We are not going to stand for this" given U.S. military aid to Israel.
- The criticism highlights tensions between U.S. support for Israel and Israel's legal processes, while Netanyahu's trial could complicate diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire and release of 50 Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
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Trump Threatens to Cancel Aid to Israel if Justice Does Not Close Corruption Cases Against Netanyahu
Donald Trump has once again demonstrated his absence of filters and his taste for becoming supreme authority on the planet. In a message published on his social network, Truth, on Saturday night (early Sunday morning in Peninsular Spain), the President of the United States makes an unusual gesture to tuck Israel's Prime Minister, his ally Benjamin Netanyahu: he demands that Israeli justice withdraw the three corruption cases that are being pursu…
US President Donald Trump said Washington was not going to "tolerate" the continuation of the corruption trial of the Israeli Prime Minister.
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