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Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Court further delays resumption of Netanyahu trial until July 12
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits with his lawyers at a hearing in his corruption trial at Jerusalem District Court, April 5, 2021. (POOL / AFP)
The Jerusalem District Court announces a further delay to the trial of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announcing it will restart on July 12 instead of next Monday as planned.
The decision to extend the current delay, which is meant to to allow defense attorneys time to review new evidence, comes after the court partially accepted their argument that it would take longer to sift through some 350,000 messages and emails on the phone of former Walla CEO Ilan Yeshua after a recent order of a search through the device.
Judges previously rejected the defense’s request to halt proceedings until September, instead granting an initial three-week delay, which is now extended.
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