Overview
- Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and State Prosecutor Amit Eisman said Monday they are ready to explore a plea agreement in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cases following President Isaac Herzog’s outreach.
- The prosecutors said any discussions will have no preconditions and will run in parallel with the ongoing trial without slowing court hearings.
- Officials have not set the format, participants, location, or legal issues for the talks, and no deal terms have been discussed so far.
- Herzog’s legal adviser, Michal Tsuk-Shafir, invited the sides to meet at the President’s Residence and stressed that this is only a preliminary step before any decision on a pardon.
- Netanyahu is charged with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, and any plea could require admissions that carry legal and political costs for him, even as the trial continues on its current schedule.