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Netanyahu's Trial Advances Amid Growing Protests

Linda Gradstein

   JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Netanyahu's corruption trial will begin
   hearing witness testimony in January, the court in Israel announced
   Sunday after lawyers for the prime minister argued for a six-month
   delay because of the coronavirus. The decision comes amid growing
   protests over his handling of the pandemic including violence and calls
   for Netanyahu to resign. A second wave of the pandemic and new
   restrictions have left the public angry and confused.

   A judge in Jerusalem ruled that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's
   trial on three counts of corruption, fraud and breach of trust will
   begin to hear testimony from witnesses in January, and that hearings
   will be held three times a week.

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