Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed U.S. President Donald Trump's sharp attack on President Isaac Herzog, demanding that he grant him a pardon, claiming that "presidents in the U.S. are allowed to say what is on their minds. It's on his mind. It comes from him because he thinks there's a witch hunt here. He's right. He thinks there's a political persecution, a trial that should never have come into existence and should have been closed after all these terrible things were revealed: blackmail under threat, falsification of protocols, use of spyware. Where is such a thing heard of in a free country? President Trump has the right to say what he wants. I am not responsible for what he says. Does he speak from the bottom of his heart - yes, he speaks from the bottom of his heart."