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Benjamin Netanyahu corruption trial delayed on diplomatic and security grounds

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, attends a trial in which he faces corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv in 2024.
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, attends a trial in which he faces corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv in 2024. Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/AP

An Israeli court has cancelled this week’s hearings in Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-running corruption trial, accepting a request made by the prime minister on classified diplomatic and security grounds.

“Following the explanations given … we partially accept the request and cancel at this stage Mr Netanyahu’s hearings scheduled” for this week, the Jerusalem district court said in its ruling, published online by Netanyahu’s Likud party.

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