In a blunt, unmistakable message released on Dec. 4, 2025, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held up a Bugs Bunny puppet and told the world what millions of conservatives already suspect: his prosecution has been reduced to a farce about “Bugs Bunny and cigars.” He rightly called out the circus that has dragged on for years, explained that he formally asked President Isaac Herzog for a pardon, and reminded audiences that a sitting prime minister should not be hobbled by what look like politically motivated theatrics. Americans who cherish the rule of law should be alarmed when prosecutions turn into political theater.
Netanyahu didn’t mince words when he mocked prosecutors for digging up a toy given to his son nearly three decades ago and for cataloguing cigars and other gifts as if they were the stuff of high crime. This isn’t defending sleaze; it’s calling out selective enforcement and a system that now treats routine social gifts as criminal evidence when the target is a conservative leader. For patriots who believe in fair, even-handed justice, watching a premier forced to testify three times a week while the nation’s business goes undone is a painful, instructive spectacle.
President Trump’s intervention — a letter urging clemency — and the visible support from figures like U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee show that this is no mere domestic squabble but a matter of allied solidarity and geopolitical consequence. Conservatives understand that when allies are weakened by internal witch hunts, the entire free world pays the price. Stand with those who defend democratic leaders against weaponized prosecutions, especially when those leaders are working to advance peace deals and strategic ties with America.
Make no mistake: the media and legal establishment have become convenient tools for the political left in too many capitals, and Israel is not immune. The same institutions that cheered on endless probes of conservatives at home are now applauding when similar tactics are used abroad to sideline an elected leader. If the left can weaponize courts to remove opponents, elections and majority rule are hollowed out — and every American who cares about self-government should be outraged.
Netanyahu’s point about lost time is not a flimsy excuse but a substantive complaint about governance being derailed. He warned that Israel has “peace treaties to get” and technology opportunities to seize, and he’s right — national security and prosperity should not be sacrificed on the altar of political retribution. Conservatives who prize strength, innovation, and international stability should demand that leaders be allowed to govern without being continuously dragged into show trials.
This episode is a wake-up call for all freedom-loving citizens: prosecute crime, yes, but stop using the justice system as a partisan battering ram. Americans who value fairness, the rule of law, and strong allies in a dangerous world must stand up and speak out. Support for Netanyahu’s call for clemency is not an embrace of impunity; it is a stand against the corrosive practice of turning legal systems into instruments of political vengeance.

