Anti-government protesters gather outside site of Netanyahu trial ahead of testimony

By Jeremy Sharon

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10 December 2024, 9:21 am

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Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter

Anti-government protesters outside the Tel Aviv District Court, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's testimony in his corruption trial, December 10, 2024. (Jeremy Sharon/ Times of Israel)

A small protest is being held by campaigners calling for a hostage release agreement and anti-war activists outside the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court house, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled testimony in his criminal trial.

Protesters accuse Netanyahu of refusing to reach a hostage deal for political purposes, and of continuing the war to advance the cause of his ultranationalist political allies who wish to build Jewish settlements in Gaza.

Inside the courthouse, a plethora of media outlets, including foreign press, have set up broadcast stations ahead of the unprecedented spectacle of a sitting prime minister taking the witness stand in his own criminal trial.