Israeli Court Cancels Benjamin Netanyahu’s Corruption Trial Hearings This Week
Use, 29 June (Reuters) – Jerusalem Regional Court, this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’nun long -standing corruption trial canceled the hearing of the Israeli leader for the classified diplomatic and security reasons to request a request.
It was unclear whether a social media mission of US President Donald Trump affected the court’s decision. Trump suggested that the hearing could intervene in Netanyahu’s ability to attend negotiations with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Iran.
The decision by Reuters said that new reasons provided by Israel’s Spy Agency Mossad and Netanyahu, the Chairman of the Military Intelligence Chief, justified to cancel the hearings.
In 2019, Netanyahu accused of bribery, fraud and violation of trust – they all denied. He held a hearing against him as a left witch hunt organized to overthrow a democratically elected right -wing leader.
On Friday, the court rejected the request for delaying his statement by Netanyahu for the next two weeks due to diplomatic and security issues after the 12 -day conflict between Israel and Iran, which ended last Tuesday.
He would take a stand on Monday for a cross -examination.
Trump said, ıştırma To do what non -control prosecutors did to Bibi Netanyahu, ”he said. After giving Israel billions of dollars of assistance, Washington said that he would “not stop for it”.
Israel refused to comment on Trump’s mission. Netanyahu Retweet the task of Netanyahu Trump in X and added: “Thank you again, @realdonaldtrump. Together we will make the Middle East wonder again!”
Trump said that Netanyahu had negotiated an agreement with Hamas, but both leaders did not provide details, and the authorities from both sides soon expressed skepticism about the cease -fire.
On Friday, the Republican President told reporters that he believed that the ceasefire was close.
Following the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities in the US and Israeli bombings, the interest in solving Gaza conflict increased.
(Reporting by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Howard Goller)
