Court cancels Israel PM Netanyahu's trial hearings this week

[highplainsdem]

Source: Reuters

The Jerusalem District Court cancelled this week's hearings in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long-running corruption trial, accepting a request the Israeli leader made citing classified diplomatic and security grounds.

It was unclear whether a social media post by U.S. President Donald Trump influenced the court's decision. Trump suggested the trial could interfere with Netanyahu’s ability to join negotiations with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Iran.

The ruling, seen by Reuters, said that new reasons provided by Netanyahu, the head of Israel's spy agency Mossad and the military intelligence chief justified cancelling the hearings.

Netanyahu was indicted in 2019 on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust - all of which he denies. He has cast the trial against him as an orchestrated left-wing witch-hunt meant to topple a democratically elected right-wing leader.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/court-cancels-israel-pm-netanyahus-trial-hearings-this-week-2025-06-29/

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Our Criminal-in-Chief protecting Israel's Criminal-in-Chief.

[Vinca]

1. This sounds familiar. Why do I think he's waging war to stay out of jail?

[patphil]

2. Because he is.

[Dave Bowman]

8. That's exactly what he's doing and it's despicable.

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Can you say extortion?

Not the first time for OUR felon either.

[moniss]

4. Another example of the failure of depending on

the courts to correct things, remove criminals from office and not be corrupted themselves.

[fujiyamasan]

5. Israel needs its bennies paid for by you and me

Their courts are smart enough to know they can’t stop the gravy train. If that means keeping their corrupt criminal PM so be it.

[twodogsbarking]

6. What a team, Israel and the USofA, since 1948

[snot]

7. Color me

and .

[Dave Bowman]

9. He has a vested interest in keeping the blood flowing. He's a criminal, a sociopath and

should step down and be arrested.