The president of Israel opens the door to pardon Netanyahu for his corruption cases
The president of Israel, Isaac Herzog, opened on Monday the door to pardon the Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, for the three cases of corruption open against him in 2019 for accepting expensive gifts in exchange for political favors and for promoting a legal change to benefit a media entrepreneur related to his policies.
In an interview on Monday with Israeli military radio, Labor Herzog, considered a moderate until Gaza’s invasion began in 2003 – then declared that “there were no innocent” in the enclave – has assured that if the Israeli prime minister is requested, he would “take into account.”
The Israeli president pointed out that the cases against Netanyahu, “suppose a heavy burden for the system, are cumbersome and ballast it.” In this way, Herzog aligns in part with some of the arguments of the defense of the prime minister, who has several times before the courts that these cases hinder his institutional work as head of the Israeli government.
Netanyahu has always denied the accusations of corruption and alleged that it is “a witch hunt” against him orchestrated by the left to evict him from power. Their critics consider, however, that the leader clings to his charge in part to protect against a possible conviction. The scarce critics in Israel of the offensive in Gaza – who already exceeds 66,000 dead, most civilly – also relate their efforts to perpetuate attacks against the strip and against neighboring countries of Israel.
