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From the Liveblog of
Monday, December 16, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Monday, December 16, 2024
Netanyahu testimony canceled for tomorrow due to ‘special circumstances’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the District court in Tel Aviv, before the start of testimony, December 16, 2024. (Yossi Zeliger/POOL)
A hearing in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled, Judge Rivka Friedman-Feldman says on behalf of the bench, after hearing closed-door arguments from the premier’s defense team on the matter.
Friedman-Feldman cites “special circumstances” as the reason for delaying the session, in which Netanyahu had been slated to continue taking the stand.
Netanyahu and his defense team had asked the judges to postpone the hearing after the premier briefly left the courtroom to deal with a message apparently unrelated to the trial. The prime minister and his defense attorney Amit Hadad said they could only divulge behind closed doors why Tuesday’s hearing needed to be delayed.
