Legal Affairs
Even without a verdict, the trial serves a potent political purpose.
“Let Bibi go, he’s got a big job to do!” wrote Trump, referencing the negotiations for a hostage deal with Hamas.
“In Israel, the pardon process begins with a formal request from the concerned individual,” local media cited the president’s office as stating.
The head of the Hadash-Ta’al list had earlier labeled the procedure a “blatant, fascist and anti-democratic move.”
The typed letter, which the Jewish physicist corrected and signed by hand, addresses “my participation in the atom bomb project.”
The government does not plan to submit a response to the High Court of Justice in the case against Gali Baharav-Miara’s dismissal proceedings.
The move comes a day after Israel’s Cabinet voted to circumvent an independent public committee responsible for appointing and firing attorney generals.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara will now be summoned for a dismissal hearing in front of five ministers, instead of an independent committee.
Prosecutors didn’t provide details on those being investigated, but a JNS source said there are at least three.
Analysts tell JNS the case has collapsed from an evidentiary point of view.
“We do not take this step lightly,” the State Department stated. “It reflects the seriousness of the threat we face from the ICC’s politicization and abuse of power.”
The Roths have been urging the United States to press Jordan to extradite the Hamas terrorist who helped plan and engineer the attack.
