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- Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana urged President Isaac Herzog to grant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a pardon.
- Ohana’s letter cited former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit’s testimony that investigators acted without his knowledge.
- Netanyahu submitted a formal pardon request in November 2025, which the Pardons Department forwarded to President Herzog.
- Netanyahu’s request to end an active trial is unprecedented and raises questions about clemency versus court authority.