Yesterday (Monday), the trial of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, resumed in the Central Court in Jerusalem, after a month of interruption.
Netanyahu appeared in court for three counts of corruption, which are receiving bribery, practicing fraud, and breach of trust, and their combined sentence amounts to 13 years, while behind-the-scenes talks are taking place to conclude a plea bargain.
The new session was held, amid widespread criticism of the judges who are running this trial very slowly, and decided to go out on a vacation for recreation.
However, the court secretariat announced that the judges are trying to reduce the number of witnesses and convinced the defense and prosecution lawyers to do so.
But experts estimate that the trial will last about two years, at least, if the sessions continue at this pace. They believe that if Netanyahu manages to stand firm in power, he will seek to enact new laws that affect the powers of the court and may stop or annul the trial.
It is known that Netanyahu's trial began in 2020, and the court holds its sessions three days a week. But so far it has seen five postponements, for flimsy technical reasons imposed by lawyers or judges.
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