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Friday, December 19, 2025
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Friday, December 19, 2025
Judges accept Netanyahu’s request to cancel his Monday trial hearing; want him in court on Sunday instead
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court for a hearing in his corruption trial, October 28, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
The judges in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial grant the premier’s request to cancel his testimony on Monday, and to shorten the hearing on Wednesday by four hours, Hebrew media report.
The judges reject the request to cancel Netanyahu’s testimony on Tuesday, however, and they demand he also testify on Sunday, which he hadn’t previously been set to do.
The prime minister requested to change his schedule next week due to “a series of political, security, and diplomatic events.”
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