Netanyahu won’t testify at trial today, in wake of Jerusalem shooting attack

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lawyers tell the Jerusalem District Court that the prime minister will not be able to attend today’s scheduled hearing for his testimony in his criminal trial due to the terror attack carried out in Jerusalem this morning.

His attorney Noa Milstein tells the court that “several severe security incidents at several scenes with fatalities” required Netanyahu to “participate in a series of consultations, security updates, [and] make urgent decisions.”

Milstein tells the court that the prime minister “will not be able to arrive for his scheduled testimony in court.”

She adds that if the court agrees an update can be provided to the court at 2 p.m. as to whether Netanyahu could testify between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Netanyahu’s testimony, the first hearing since the courts’ summer recess, was scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. behind closed doors.