Six years in, 80 court appearances deep, and still no end in sight: Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial ground to another halt on 27 April 2026, the morning it was supposed to resume after a two-month war-related pause, cancelled 90 minutes before proceedings were due to begin.
Netanyahu's lawyer, Amit Hadad, submitted a fresh security objection to the Tel Aviv District Court, blocking testimony that had already been delayed since 24 February 2026, the last date the prime minister actually appeared in the witness box. The cancellation arrived the same morning that President Isaac Herzog publicly ruled out an immediate pardon, instead pushing for mediation between prosecutors and Netanyahu's legal team as a path to a negotiated end to the case.
