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Israeli Prime Minister’s legal team, Benjamin Netanyahu demanded a new postponement of the case in the Jerusalem court for more than two months. his testimony in a corruption case that has been ongoing for more than four years, alleging “security violations.”

Lawyers claim that during the preparation of the Prime Minister’s testimony, which is due to begin on December 2, “security incidents” occurred that made preparations impossibleaccording to Jewish media reports this Monday.

The defense motion, leaked to the Israeli press, states that the events of the wars in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon in recent months meant that “much of the time allocated for the preparation of his testimony be canceled for reasons of urgent security or diplomatic needs.”

“This short delay will allow the defense to adequately prepare for testimony and “will not harm the public interest” This is evidenced by the petition of Netanyahu’s lawyers to the Jerusalem District Court.

They also claim that the court located in Jerusalem is occupied, It has no bomb shelter or bunker. as the Prime Minister has been spending most of his time since last month in an armored room in the basement of the Prime Minister’s headquarters on orders from his security detail.

Netanyahu’s security was beefed up last month after a drone launched by Hezbollah on October 19 targeted hit the private residence of the prime minister in Caesarea, Mediterranean town in northern Israel, although neither he nor his family were in the house where only a window was damaged.

Since then, meetings of his government cabinet They are held in changing and secret locations, for their safety, and even the wedding of Avner, Netanyahu’s youngest son, was postponed without a date.

Netanyahu’s testimony in his trial in three corruption cases was scheduled to begin in November 2023, but postponed several times due to the war in Gaza, which even caused a “judicial strike” throughout the country.

In July, Netanyahu’s legal team requested that this hearing be postponed until March 2025. due to the need to focus on the conduct of the war, but the court rejected such a request and set the date for December 2.

Netanyahu has been accused since 2019 of fraud, bribery and breach of trust in three separate corruption cases and is accused of receiving gifts in exchange for favors and supposedly favorable treatment in order to gain positive media coverage about him and his family.

The process began in May 2020, but was postponed in 2022 and had almost no weight in the campaign for the November 1 elections of that year, after which Netanyahu returned to power at the head of the most right-wing government in Israeli history.

Litigation, including possible appeals, unlikely ends before 2028–2029.

If he is found guilty and receives a final sentence, Netanyahu must resign But he can remain in power while the trial lasts because Israeli law stipulates that a minister must resign if he is accused, but that does not apply to the head of government.

(EFE)