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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a pardon in his long-running corruption trial – a move that has set off alarm bells among his critics that he’s trying to circumvent the rule of law.

The pontiff is in Lebanon for the second leg of his apostolic journey, the first since his election, which has already taken him to Turkey, Ankara, Iznik and Istanbul

In her hybrid memoir 58 Facets, lawyer and legal anthropologist Marika Sosnowski traverses time and societies to reveal intricacies of law enacted by states to control, suppress, displace and, in some instances, erase people. For myriad reasons, these people do not possess the legal documentation to survive.

Pope Leo XIV has spoken out once again on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The park is named after Chaim Herzog, who was was born in Belfast and raised in Dublin.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu submitted a formal pardon request in his long-running corruption cases to the Israeli president. Herzog says he will ‘sincerely consider the request”. No apology or admission of guilt from PM. Opposition says it would harm rule of law.

Request is submitted weeks after Donald Trump called on Isaac Herzog to pardon Israeli prime minister

IN FOCUS: ‘I don’t feel safe in my own house,’ activist Issa Amro tells The Independent following months of targeting after he appeared in Theroux’s film The Settlers

The park is named after former Israeli president Chaim Herzog, who was was born in Belfast and raised in Dublin.

The Pope held prayers at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul on Sunday as he aims to gather support within Christian communities around the globe.

Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his visit to Turkey before heading to Lebanon