Israel’s Netanyahu requests two-week break from corruption trial citing “regional developments” – Middle East Monitor

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday filed a formal request with the Jerusalem District Court to postpone his upcoming testimony in his criminal trial by two weeks citing “diplomatic, national and security issues of the first order,”.

The request, submitted by Netanyahu’s attorney, Amit Hadad, claimed that in the wake of the war on Iran, as well as “additional regional and international developments”, the prime minister must devote all…