'They're creating an atmosphere of ouster around me,' Boaz Balat, who is being attacked by politicians and those close to the government because of his refusal to incriminate Israel's attorney general, told his colleagues ■ President Herzog is trapped between the threats of Netanyahu and Trump and those of his former confidant

It's possible that the Israeli president wants to pardon Netanyahu, maybe even without a promise that he'll retire from politics. But it's hard to see Herzog daring to do that, as a huge majority of the political community from which he comes is opposed to such a step