US EditionNetanyahu Requests Pardon from President Herzog in Ongoing Corruption Cases
Netanyahu seeks pardon citing societal unity and national challenges while on trial for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in cases dating back to 2019, officials said.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a pardon from President Isaac Herzog due to ongoing corruption cases.
- Netanyahu stated in a video message that the national interest demanded his request, despite his desire for the trial to conclude.
- He believes a pardon would help restore national unity, as the trial has divided the country.
- Historically, a pardon in Israel is granted only after legal proceedings conclude and the accused is convicted.
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Netanyahu Makes an Official Plea for a Pardon
President Trump asked that he be pardoned . Now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has followed up with the same request himself. Netanyahu on Sunday formally appealed to Israel's president for a pardon in his long-running corruption trial , per the AP . In a videotaped statement, Netanyahu said that the trial has...
Netanyahu asks President Herzog for pardon
A political and legal earthquake unfolded on Sunday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu submitted a request for a presidential pardon to President Isaac Herzog. The request was delivered to the legal department at the President's Residence by Netanyahu's attorney. It was then transferred to the Pardons Department in the Justice Ministry, which will compile the relevant legal opinions from various officials in the ministry. These opinions will…
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, formally requested a presidential pardon in his trial for corruption, in order to put an end, according to him, to the divisions created in the country by his judicial difficulties, with the support of Donald Trump, who had asked for such a gesture from his Israeli counterpart.
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
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