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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Netanyahu corruption trial on recess until September

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's defense attorney, Amit Hadad, arrives at a court hearing in his ongoing corruption trial at the Jerusalem District Court, July 19, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Wrapping up proceedings in the Jerusalem District Court today, the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now heading for a recess of more than a month.
Hearings in the trial, which has been going on for more than three years, are slated to resume in early September.
Today, former Walla editor Yinon Magal — who later briefly became an MK and is now an anchor on Channel 14 — testified about attempted intervention in the site’s coverage by Netanyahu and other politicians.
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