Herzog's Office Denies Report of Deal With Netanyahu
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
The Israeli President's office has denied a Channel 14 report alleging President Isaac Herzog planned to offer Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a pardon for leaving politics. The office called the report "a complete fake" and stated Herzog is awaiting official election results before consulting with factions. The report claimed Herzog had been pushing a deal for two years, with Netanyahu leading for two years before exiting politics.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- President Herzog's office denied a Channel 14 report about a pardon-for-politics deal with Netanyahu.
- The president's office called the report "a complete fake" and stated no such offer was made.
- The report claimed Netanyahu would lead for two years and then leave politics permanently.
- Channel 14's Moti Castel reported Herzog had been promoting this idea for two years.
- Herzog will consult with parliamentary factions after receiving official election results next Wednesday.
The office of Israeli President Isaac Herzog has vehemently denied a Channel 14 report claiming the president intended to offer Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a pardon in exchange for a commitment to leave politics after two years in office. "A complete fake, nothing of the sort happened," the president's office stated in response to the Channel 14 publication. The statement emphasized that Herzog is not engaging in speculation about who will be tasked with forming the next government. "The official election results will be presented to the president only next Wednesday, as Judge Solberg announced. After that, the president will hold consultations with parliamentary factions and assess the situation according to the powers and broad discretion granted to him by law," the president's office said. On the evening of October 28, Channel 14 political correspondent Moti Castel reported that Herzog was promoting a plan for a national unity government with a rotating premiership. According to this report, Netanyahu would lead the government for the first two years, then permanently leave politics and receive a full presidential pardon for his criminal cases. Castel claimed Herzog had been advancing this idea for about two years, but no independent confirmation of such a proposal has emerged. The president's office rejects the television channel's report.
