Netanyahu corruption hearings postponed after judge’s father dies

Tel Aviv [Israel], October 1 (ANI/TPS): Next week’s Jerusalem District Court hearings in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial have been postponed following the death of the father of Justice Rivka Friedman-Feldman, one of the presiding judges, the court announced.

Her father died on Saturday, the first day of the week-long Sukkot holiday, delaying the traditional week-long mourning period known as shiva.

The court said that a series of hearings due to be held on October 8-10 will be rescheduled. (ANI/TPS)

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