Netanyahu tells trial judges he can't testify three times a week while "running" Israel

• The judges in Netanyahu's corruption trial have yet to make a decision on his request to reduce his weekly days of testimony

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the judges in his corruption trial last week that it was impossible for him to both testify three times a week and run the country. The judges gave permission for the request, made during a closed-door hearing in which Netanyahu sought to testify just twice a week, to be publicly ...

source: Haaretz

Comment.

Another strategy to keep himself and his family from jail by using his claim as an excuse to prolong a war Netanyahu wants to resume since the expiration of phase 1 of the ceasefire.