Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pardon request advanced on Tuesday after Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu (Otzma Yehudit) submitted his opinion to President Isaac Herzog, together with the Justice Ministry pardons department’s legal assessment and accompanying materials.
The President’s Residence said the file would now move to its internal legal review process.
Eliyahu took over the handling of the pardon request from Justice Minister Yariv Levin.
According to the President’s Residence, Herzog thanked Eliyahu and the Justice Ministry pardons department for what it described as thorough and comprehensive work carried out in line with the relevant instructions.
The submission marks another step in one of Israel’s most unusual clemency proceedings, given that Netanyahu’s criminal trial is still ongoing.
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