US EditionHeritage Minister Eliyahu Submits Opinion on Netanyahu Pardon Request to Herzog
Heritage Minister Eliyahu argues a pardon would protect national security and leadership stability amid ongoing war, emphasizing the need to free Netanyahu’s focus from legal proceedings.
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Minister Eliyahu recommends Netanyahu pardon, citing national security needs
In an official document to the President, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu recommends granting a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, emphasizing security, national, and public considerations.
'Netanyahu pardon must not be conditioned on coerced admission'
A 17-page recommendation from the heritage minister argues Herzog can grant clemency before conviction, says national security, leadership stability and broader public interest justify ending PM’s criminal proceedings despite his denial of wrongdoing
Stand-in justice minister formally recommends that Herzog pardon Netanyahu
Far-right minister Amichai Eliyahu is filling in for Justice Minister Levin, who recused himself over close ties to Netanyahu. He said a pardon in Netanyahu's corruption case 'would heal the rifts' in Israeli society. The opinion will be reviewed by the president's legal adviser before recommendations are submitted to Herzog
In his recommendation, Eliyahu cites three main reasons: the need to release the prime minister for conducting the war; his many years of public contribution; and the need to heal the social rift created by the trial. • In his opinion, the demand for a confession even reaches the point of absurdity in the current circumstances: “Demanding a defendant to confess to a crime that a judicial body implies has not been proven empties the concept of ‘c…
A significant development in the process of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pardon request: Minister Amichai Eliyahu - who replaces the Minister of Justice in all matters concerning the handling of this case - delivered his opinion to President Yitzhak Herzog this morning (Tuesday). The minister's opinion was also accompanied by the position of the Pardons Department at the Ministry of Justice on all its appendices. The President of the Stat…
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