The 12 Cabinet ministers requested Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption testimony be delayed, claiming his appearance at court would harm Tel Aviv's national interests.
The 12 Cabinet ministers requested Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption testimony be delayed, claiming his appearance at court would harm Tel Aviv's national interests.Last month, the court rejected an earlier request to delay Netanyahu's testimony for 10 weeks due to his preoccupation with the brutal war on besieged Gaza and Lebanon. / Photo: AFP
On the eve of his trial, the Cabinet ministers, including far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, sent a letter to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara requesting the delay. Netanyahu's trial began in May 2020. Months before the start of the Israeli carnage in Palestine's Gaza, Netanyahu was caught in hot water after he planned to move ahead with a controversial judicial overhaul.
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