Netanyahu Seeks to Postpone Trial Hearings Due to Submarine Probe Testimony
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
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- Netanyahu's lawyers requested 18 trial hearings be canceled.
- The request is due to testimony in the submarine affair inquiry.
- The inquiry hearings conflict with scheduled trial witness testimonies.
- Another defendant's lawyer made a similar request.
- The court has not yet responded to the requests.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested the cancellation of 18 hearings in his corruption trial, known as the "Cases of the Thousand." The request stems from Netanyahu's legal representation, led by attorney Amit Haddad, who also represents the Prime Minister in the state commission of inquiry into the submarine affair. These commission hearings are scheduled for November and December, the same period during which defense witnesses were expected to testify in Netanyahu's trial.
Netanyahu and the other four defendants in the corruption cases are slated to call their own witnesses to testify regarding their involvement in the affair during November and December. Last month, attorney Sharon Kleinman, representing Arnon (Noni) Mozes, also requested that Netanyahu's witnesses not be heard during those dates in Case 2000, the smallest of Netanyahu's cases. This request was made because Kleinman also represents one of the individuals implicated in the submarine affair, former commander of the Navy, General (res.) Ram Rotberg.
The court has not yet responded to these requests.
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