Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested that the Jerusalem District Court shorten the scheduled testimony hearings in his criminal trial to one and a half hours, due to two "urgent diplomatic meetings."
The Administration of the Courts announced soon after that, due to the nature of the meetings and personal matters of one of the three judges hearing the case, all hearings were cancelled for this week.
This week, Netanyahu was scheduled to testify on Monday between 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., and on Tuesday between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The prime minister's attorney requested that both end early at 11 a.m. to accommodate the meetings, as well as briefings on Tuesday that "cannot be postponed."
Netanyahu awaits J.D Vance visit
Netanyahu will also be unavailable to testify on Wednesday and Thursday due to the visit of US Vice President J.D. Vance.
The prime minister was indicted in 2019 on the charges of bribery, fraud and breach-of-trust in one of the most complicated criminal cases in Israel. He pleaded not guilty to all three charges, and the trial has been ongoing since 2020, heard before Jerusalem District Court Judges Rivka Friedman-Feldman, Moshe Bar-Am, and Oded Shaham.