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Netanyahu Testimony Canceled Overnight After Defense Cites Security Schedule
Prosecutors told President Isaac Herzog they are ready to discuss a plea agreement if talks do not slow the trial.
- On Monday, the Jerusalem District Court canceled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's scheduled testimony in his corruption trial after defense attorney Amit Hadad cited security-related constraints following an overnight update.
- Netanyahu's cross-examination in Case 1000, Case 2000, and Case 4000 has faced repeated interruptions due to wartime security developments; defense filings confirmed he attended late-night security consultations.
- Netanyahu faces charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, becoming the first sitting Israeli prime minister to testify as a criminal defendant, though he maintains the cases are politically motivated.
- Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara and State Attorney Amit Aisman informed President Isaac Herzog that prosecutors are prepared to engage in plea agreement discussions, provided there are no preconditions or harm to trial progress.
- President Herzog invited both sides to explore a resolution before considering a pardon request, recalling how former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stepped down in 2008 before his conviction and 27-month prison sentence.
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In connection with talks on a plea deal for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in exchange for his withdrawal from political life, which President Isaac Herzog is working on, in connection with the Supreme Court's attempts to buy time and postpone the "constitutional crisis" (that is, "the storming of the Bastille", i.e. the court, by "the people", who, instead of being content with being sovereign, also want to get rid of all mechanisms of check…
·Belgrade, Serbia
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AG says she is open to talks on Netanyahu trial plea deal amid pardon push
Baharav-Miara told President Herzog talks would proceed only 'without preconditions' and without harming the trial; Netanyahu's testimony was again canceled Monday, citing late-night security consultations
·Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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