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A recent YouTube clip circulated claiming Sen. John Fetterman urged that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “should be pardoned,” but a careful look at the broadcast record shows that this is a misattribution. What aired on Newsmax’s The Record with Greta Van Susteren featured legal commentators and allies of Netanyahu arguing for a pardon, most prominently former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, not Fetterman. The difference matters: the media that spread the clip mixed up guests and talking points, and conservatives should call out sloppy reporting whenever it happens.
Sen. Fetterman has been plainly pro-Israel on multiple Newsmax appearances, condemning Hamas’s atrocities and arguing that Israel must be backed in its fight against terror. Those strong statements about destroying Hamas’s capacity and the urgent security threats facing Israel do not translate into a public call from him to pardon Netanyahu. Conservatives who love this ally should demand accuracy, not manufactured headlines that confuse the public about who said what.
The push for a pardon for Netanyahu has come from other quarters, and it’s worth spelling out their case honestly. Alan Dershowitz told Greta Van Susteren that the corruption charges against Netanyahu “should never have been brought” and argued a pardon would remove a political distraction as Israel fights on multiple fronts. Former President Donald Trump has likewise suggested Israeli President Isaac Herzog consider a pardon to preserve national unity during wartime, framing the legal fight as a perilous distraction for a country under siege.
There is also reporting that Netanyahu himself has sought a pardon from Israel’s president as a way to resolve long-running legal entanglements so he can focus on national security. Whether an Israeli pardon is the correct remedy is a sovereign question for Israel’s leaders, but Americans who care about Western stability should understand the context: leaders in wartime need freedom from politically motivated prosecutions that could cripple decisive command. The simpler truth is that the debate over a pardon is about governance in crisis, not gossip recycled into YouTube bait.
Let’s be blunt: the real story here is the weaponization of the legal system into a partisan cudgel, a problem Sen. Fetterman has himself decried when discussing American cases he views as politically motivated. His calls for pardons in U.S. instances were framed around restoring trust in institutions and preventing selective prosecution, which explains why some outlets might lazily conflate his general commentary on pardons with an endorsement of one for Netanyahu. Conservatives should be consistent in denouncing judicial weaponization, whether at home or in allied countries, and demand clear reporting from the press.
This episode is a textbook example of why media literacy matters. Left-leaning outlets and opportunistic channels toss together clips and headlines to generate outrage, and then the chaos becomes the “news” that drives social feeds. The conservative movement must push back — not by manufacturing spite, but by insisting on facts, calling out misattributions, and defending allies like Israel from both terrorists and careless reporting that undermines public understanding.
At stake is more than one sentence on a screen; it’s the credibility of our news sources and the stability of a key allied democracy. If Israel’s leaders or respected legal minds argue that a pardon would help preserve unity and speed the focus on security, that argument ought to be heard on its merits — honestly, soberly, and without the fog of misreporting. Conservatives should demand accountability from journalists and pundits alike, because truth is the only foundation for effective, principled foreign-policy solidarity.
In the coming days Americans will see more chatter, speculation, and late-night punditry about pardons and prosecutions overseas. Keep your skepticism sharp: check the source, verify the guest, and don’t let sensationalized clips replace sober analysis. Our movement stands for law, order, and clear-eyed support for allies; that means calling out sloppy journalism when it happens and making sure debates over pardons and prosecutions are decided on facts, not viral misunderstandings.
