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PM’s testimony in corruption trial canceled for tomorrow due to ‘urgent diplomatic meetings’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
The Jerusalem District Court accepts a request by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel his scheduled testimony for tomorrow in his trial on corruption charges, Hebrew media reports.
Netanyahu’s lawyers wrote to the court earlier today requesting the session be canceled, citing “urgent diplomatic meetings” the prime minister is scheduled to hold on Monday.
In a final decision in late October, the Jerusalem District Court decided that Netanyahu must testify three times a week in order to increase the pace of the trial, now in its sixth year. Netanyahu is yet to do so, however, and has had numerous requests to cancel hearings approved by the court, mostly due to issues relating to the management of the war and the diplomatic activity surrounding it.
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