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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the country’s President, Isaac Herzog, for a pardon over corruption cases he has been battling.
The president’s office said Herzog would receive opinions from justice officials before considering the request “which carries with it significant implications”.
Mr. Netanyahu has been standing trial for the past five years on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three separate cases though he denies wrongdoing. He said in a video message that he would have preferred to see the process to the end but national interest “demanded otherwise”. END