Overview
- Herzog’s office confirmed receipt on Nov. 30 and transferred the filing to the Justice Ministry’s Pardons Department to collect opinions before the president’s legal adviser weighs in.
- Court proceedings remain active, and legal experts say a pardon request does not halt the trial.
- Netanyahu said ending the case would lower domestic tensions and let him concentrate on security and diplomacy.
- Opposition leaders and civil-society groups warned that pre-conviction clemency would undermine the rule of law, with some insisting on an admission of guilt and a withdrawal from political life.
- Trump recently urged Herzog to grant a full pardon, adding international pressure as the review proceeds.