Attorney Amit Hadad, representing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told the Jerusalem District Court on Monday that no trial in Israeli history has run five days a week except the Eichmann trial. Netanyahu nodded in agreement during the hearing, according to the report.
Attorney Amit Hadad argued Monday morning before the Jerusalem District Court that the accelerated five-day-per-week hearing schedule in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial is unprecedented, citing only the Eichmann trial as a historical parallel. Netanyahu, present in court, nodded in agreement. The remark comes during the same hearing where Hadad earlier told the judges that the five-day schedule would force work on Shabbat and holidays, violating basic labor rules, and would prolong rather than shorten the trial because the defense cannot properly prepare witnesses.
Hadad's comment on Monday (version 2 of this story, published at 09:51 Jerusalem) echoed an earlier report by The Zioneer: on Wednesday, Jun 24 at 19:03 Jerusalem, the desk reported that the court had informed the defense and prosecution that sessions would be held five days a week after the High Holy Days, following Netanyahu's conclusion of his testimony. A subsequent report at 19:19 Jerusalem that same evening cited Judge Rivka Friedman-Feldman's concern about reaching a verdict before her retirement as a factor in the accelerated schedule.
Attributed background: as The Zioneer reported on Wednesday, Jun 24 at 22:57 Jerusalem, Netanyahu's trial testimony concluded after 98 court sessions, and the court has since moved to the intensified hearing pace. The judges have not yet ruled on the pace of sessions, and Hadad's objections remain pending.
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