Fresh clarity from Israel’s Attorney General office: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bid for pardon in his corruption saga hasn’t undergone scrutiny yet. Dismissing Channel 13’s assertions of an imminent stance, officials invoked routine procedures, as reported by The Times of Israel.
The plea, lodged with President Isaac Herzog in late 2025, petitions freedom from fraud, bribery, and trust betrayal counts—denied by Netanyahu sans confession—in a strategic thrust to quash his years-long legal entanglement.
Next steps funnel the AG’s eventual input to the pardons unit, advising Herzog. Experts caution that anticipatory clemency, absent culpability plea, is an outlier, sparingly invoked.
Amid Netanyahu’s probe-laden landscape, this update risks galvanizing opposition fervor. The president, ever measured, eyes comprehensive counsel before deciding.
US President Donald Trump’s intervention last week—post-Netanyahu huddle—sharply criticized Herzog’s potential rebuff as self-shaming, reviving his prior year’s epistle decrying biased charges.
Herzog countered via Politico, cherishing Trump friendship yet safeguarding sovereignty. ‘No foreign hand shall sway our courts,’ he avowed, prizing citizen trust and probity foremost in this pivotal juncture.