Court Rejects Netanyahu Bid to Shorten Cross-Examination

by | Apr 29, 2026 | News

An Israeli judge rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to trim three hours from his scheduled cross-examination session in his ongoing corruption trial, citing an unspecified security-related scheduling conflict. Judge Rivka Friedman-Feldman found the justification insufficient to delay the hearing’s 9:30 a.m. start. The session marked only Netanyahu’s second cross-examination appearance in over two months, following a lengthy pause tied to Israel’s military confrontations with Iran and Hezbollah.

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