From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Court cancels next week’s hearings in PM’s corruption trial as he recovers from surgery
Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
The Jerusalem District Court cancels all three hearings for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial on corruption charges that were scheduled for next week.
Although the court agreed on Sunday to cancel Netanyahu’s scheduled testimony for this week and next due to his recent surgery, the court had asked the prime minister’s defense team to find another defense witness to take the stand, so as not to waste time in the trial which is approaching its fifth year.
But Netanyahu’s attorney Amit Hadad informed the court earlier on Tuesday that the defense team had not been able to organize another defense witness to testify, due to the short timeframe of the request.
As a result, Judge Rivka Friedman-Feldman who is heading the three-judge panel presiding over the trial, has decided to cancel all hearings for next week and states that the next hearing will be on January 20.
