From Court rejects Netanyahu’s request to delay testimony in his trial by 10 weeks
Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
The Jerusalem District Court rejects Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for a 10-week delay to the start of his testimony in his criminal trial, saying that he has already had five months to prepare.
Netanyahu’s defense team had said the prime minister was unable to prepare due to the time pressures of managing the multifront war.
The court says that it gave Netanyahu a long period for testimony preparation when it set the date of December 2 back in July, and “we were not convinced that a substantial change in circumstances has occurred which would justify a change to the date we set in our [original] decision.”
Netanyahu will therefore be called to the stand in just under three weeks.
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