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Netanyahu requests presidential pardon amid ongoing corruption cases
The Israeli president’s office says PM Netanyahu has submitted a request for a pardon to President Herzog. This comes days after Trump said Israel’s president should pardon Netanyahu in his corruption cases.
He is up against three separate cases of corruption filed in 2019: Case 1000, Case 2000, and Case 4000, which include allegations of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.
Netanyahu’s request for pardon in corruption cases ‘extremely unusual’
In an extraordinary move, the lawyer of the Israeli prime minister has submitted an 111-page petition along with a letter signed by Benjamin Netanyahu asking for a pardon from the Israeli president.
This request for a pardon is unusual because the trial is not over.
The office of the Israeli president released the request for a pardon and said it will go to the pertinent legal authorities in the Justice Ministry – that he will get the opinion of all involved, and then make a ruling.
It is within the president’s powers to issue a pardon. It is usually given to those who have already been convicted. This, of course, is all happening as US President Donald Trump has formally requested a pardon for Netanyahu.
All of it is extremely unusual, and with elections just a year away, many are saying this is just one more manoeuvre by Netanyahu to secure another victory in elections.
Netanyahu has already been in power as PM for 18 years now (1996-1999, 2009-2021, 2022-present). Democracy lol.
Netanyahu, seeking pardon, releases statement
Netanyahu has now issued a video statement following his submission of a formal request for a pardon in his long-running corruption cases.
“The continuation of the trial is tearing us apart from within, arousing fierce divisions, intensifying rifts,” the prime minister said, referring to the split between his supporters and opponents.
“I am certain, like many others in the nation, that an immediate end to the trial will greatly help to lower the flames and promote the broad reconciliation that our country so desperately needs,” claimed Netanyahu, who is heading a fractious right-wing government coalition.
