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Netanyahu pardon request advances as Justice Ministry reviews new materials

That makes Wednesday’s development less important for what it decides than for what it confirms: Netanyahu’s request remains active and is still moving through the formal clemency process.

The Justice Ministry’s Pardons Department said on Wednesday that it had transferred additional materials concerning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pardon request, after further questions and supplementary requests were raised in the course of the review.

The announcement, issued by the department’s spokesperson, was brief and did not indicate whether a decision is near.

That makes Wednesday’s development less important for what it decides than for what it confirms: Netanyahu’s request remains active and is still moving through the formal clemency process.

The move follows earlier reporting that more information had been sought on several issues tied to the file, but the clearest confirmed fact for now is simply that the requested supplementary material was delivered.

Netanyahu’s application has been exceptional from the start. He submitted the request in late November 2025 while his criminal trial was still underway - an extraordinary step in a system where pardons are more commonly associated with convictions, sentences, or clearly defined humanitarian or public-interest circumstances.

Netanyahu's clemency request moves forward

Netanyahu is on trial in three corruption cases and faces one bribery charge alongside charges of fraud and breach of trust, all of which he denies.

Under Israel’s clemency framework, the president is the formal authority empowered to grant a pardon, but the request does not go straight from the applicant to the president’s pen. The Pardons Department reviews the application, gathers relevant materials and opinions, and prepares its professional position; the minister handling the file then submits a recommendation before the matter reaches the president for a final decision.

That process has taken on unusual visibility in Netanyahu’s case because of both the timing of the request and the identity of the applicant.

Part of the broader drama has been the question of who, within the government, would handle the file. Justice Minister Yariv Levin transferred responsibility for the matter to Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, and Eliyahu later submitted his opinion as part of the material forwarded in the case.

Israeli media have also reported that Eliyahu backed the idea of a pardon, framing it as justified on public-interest grounds despite the unusual legal posture of the request.

The legal sensitivity lies in what such a pardon would actually mean. Because Netanyahu’s trial is ongoing, clemency here would not be the familiar end-stage use of presidential mercy after a case has run its course. It would instead amount to presidential intervention in a proceeding that has not yet concluded, which is why the question of precedent has loomed so large in the case's coverage.

According to reports, supplementary information was sought on prior instances involving the exercise of pardon powers before the end of criminal proceedings, but that remains part of the reported background rather than a publicly detailed legal ruling.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-891904

'The fire isn't random': Iran’s retaliation strategy shows command and control still intact

Tehran is no longer just mirroring attacks on its own soil; it is expanding its response by targeting parallel sectors — from energy and nuclear sites to industry and academia — while signaling it is ready to raise the cost across the region

Iran has made its playbook clear: it retaliates by targeting similar categories of sites in Israel and the Gulf to those attacked on its own soil, and with thousands of such targets already hit, the list is long.

The targets Israel and the United States have struck include nuclear facilities, energy infrastructure and civilian sites used by the Iranian regime, such as industrial factories and universities. While Tehran initially threatened mainly to respond in kind to whatever was struck on its soil, it is now aiming beyond that.

Thus, the Haifa oil refineries in northern Israel were attacked in response to strikes on Iran's South Pars gas field facilities. Dimona, a city near Israel's nuclear research center, came under repeated fire after a strike on the Natanz nuclear facility. Across the Gulf, energy installations have been attacked again and again in line with American strikes.

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bkyhfrcjwe

Tech giant Oracle sacks thousands of staff with brutal 6am email

Oracle has axed thousands of staff worldwide through a dawn email telling workers their “last working day” had arrived.

Tech giant Oracle has sacked reportedly as many as one-in-five of its more than 160,000 employees in a brutal 6am email.

The Austin, Texas, based database and cloud computing firm has seen its share price drop by 25 per cent this year.

It is investing heavily in building infrastructure that can handle artificial intelligence, hitting its bottom line. In January, it said it was looking to raise $73 billion to pay for its investments.

Lay-offs in the tech sector are becoming deep and frequent.

Household name Amazon said in January it was purging 16,000 of its staff. That came after 14,000 staff were let go in October. Amazon said some of those jobs could be replaced by AI.

Block, the fintech parent company of Afterpay and Square, revealed in March that it will shed almost half its employees to lean on artificial intelligence.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/tech-giant-oracle-sacks-thousands-of-staff-with-brutal-6am-email/news-story/b1c5ba088a8263605d5c1e74ae20296e

Thousands report outage issues with Commonwealth Bank’s internet banking app

Thousands of customers at one of Australia’s big 4 banks have reported “intermittent” issues with attempting to log into their internet banking app.

Thousands of Commonwealth Bank Australia customers have reported experiencing issues logging on to their internet banking app.

More than 2600 reports of outages or problems were flagged with Downdetector.net on Wednesday night.

The most reported problems – 75 per cent of reports – stemmed from issues with the app, according to the website.

Complaints have also started to stream in on Commonwealth Bank’s Facebook page, with some posting images of being locked out of the app.

A CBA spokeswoman clarified the issues were “intermittent” and coverage was returning - telling NewsWire the issue had been resolved at 8.40pm.

Similar messages emerged in the bank’s Facebook comments - one message to a customer reading: “We are aware that some customers were experiencing some intermittent issues with the CommBank app and NetBank. All services are currently available and we apologise and appreciate your patience”.

https://www.skynews.com.au/breaking-news/thousands-report-outage-issues-with-commonwealth-banks-internet-banking-app/news-story/d2a85d1d9d7d591f93476e6c1dc3f2ce

From Iranian leadership

To the people of the United States of America

https://x.com/drpezeshkian/status/2039418009052119190