Jailed former minister Benizri asks Peres for pardon
Former Minister Shlomo Benizri filed a request to President Shimon Peres asking to be pardoned from his four-year prison sentence for corruption charges.
Benizri was convicted in 2008 of receiving funds from contractor Moshe Sela in exchange for providing him with information to help his business. The court aggravated his sentence in June 2009, and sentenced him to prison. (Aviad Glickman)
