US EditionIsrael’s president invites Netanyahu, prosecutors to settle corruption case against prime minister
Herzog said settlement talks must be exhausted before he considers Netanyahu’s pardon request in the six-year case, which includes fraud and bribery charges.
- On Tuesday, President Isaac Herzog invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, Amit Aisman, and Amit Haddad to his residence to broker a settlement in ongoing corruption cases.
- Herzog's legal adviser, Michal Tsuk-Shafir, wrote that the president believes efforts to reach a settlement "must be exhausted first" before he considers a formal pardon request.
- Netanyahu faces charges in two cases of alleged media favoritism and a third involving more than $260,000 in luxury gifts; he has denounced the proceedings as a "political trial" spanning six years.
- President Donald Trump has made multiple appeals to Herzog to end the trial, while Netanyahu and his supporters claim he is the victim of a politically motivated "witch hunt."
- The president's office requested a response by Sunday, as the trial recently resumed following a pause during the conflict with Iran, and Netanyahu remains Israel's first sitting prime minister to stand trial.
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Israel president Herzog invites PM Netanyahu to settle corruption
JERUSALEM — Israel’s president on Tuesday invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and government prosecutors to his official residence in hopes of brokering a settlement to end an ongoing corruption case against the Israeli leader. President Isaac Herzog’s office issued the invitation days after announcing that he would not decide on Netanyahu’s request for a pardon and instead urge the sides to reach a settlement. READ: Netanyahu says Israel …
Israel’s president has invited lawyers for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and prosecutors to his residence for talks, his office said Tuesday, as he weighs a pardon request in the premier’s ongoing corruption trials.
Herzog invites Netanyahu, AG representatives to discuss plea deal for PM
The President's Office said the talks are intended to 'examine the possibility of advancing understandings and agreements.' Herzog on Sunday said he aims to 'exhaust all efforts' to reach a mediation outside the courtroom for the prime minister's corruption trials
Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who is considering a petition for pardon from Benyamin Netanyahu who is being prosecuted for corruption, invited the Prime Minister's lawyers and prosecutors to his residence for discussions, said his office on Tuesday.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's president on Tuesday invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and government prosecutors to his official residence in hopes of brokering a settlement to end an ongoing corruption
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Israel's president invites Netanyahu, prosecutors to settle corruption case against prime minister
Israel's president has invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and government prosecutors to his residence to discuss a settlement in Netanyahu's ongoing corruption case.
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