US EditionNetanyahu Requests Pardon from President Herzog in Ongoing Corruption Cases
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu submitted a pardon request to President Isaac Herzog, including a detailed petition and a personal letter delivered to the Office of the President's Legal Department.
- Benjamin Netanyahu argues the clemency plea is needed to heal societal rifts and address security challenges, denies wrongdoing, and says charges are politically motivated; he would not seek a pardon if it required admitting guilt.
- Prosecutors charge Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister, with one count of bribery and three counts each of fraud and breach of trust, alleging he accepted almost �170,000 in gifts and sought favourable media coverage.
- Herzog's office said it forwarded the petition to the Justice Ministry Pardons Department for review, calling it an `extraordinary request` with `significant implications` and publishing the full text.
- The petition follows months of diplomatic pressure and comes as the trial, opened in 2020, continues; U.S. President Donald Trump urged President Herzog earlier this month to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces corruption charges, has asked President Yitzhak Herzog for a pardon. Herzog's office confirmed that it had received the official request for a pardon and announced that the president would seriously consider it.
Netanyahu is a defendant in a long corruption trial - He denies the charges and has pleaded not guilty
Netanyahu Submits Pardon Request to President Herzog Over Criminal Corruption Casess
'Despite My Personal Interest in Seeing the Trial Through and Proving My Innocence in Full, I Believe That the Public Interest Dictates Otherwise,' the Prime Minister Wrote in His Request
The Israeli Prime Minister believes that a grace would facilitate the national reconciliation of a country that continues to bomb the Gaza Strip.
Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu created the surprise on Sunday, November 30, by submitting a petition for pardon to President Isaac Herzog. An exceptional request, especially since Benyamin Netanyahu, still at trial, does not admit any guilt.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accused of corruption, has officially requested pardon from the President of his country. President Yitzhak Herzog's office on Sunday announced that he had received a formal request for pardon. It was a letter from Netanyahu and a letter from his lawyer. The request would now be forwarded to a competent department of the Ministry of Justice, which would seek the opinions of all relevant authorities. On …
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