Pakistan, June 29 -- JERUSALEM - The Jerusalem District Court has cancelled this week's hearings in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ongoing corruption trial, accepting his request based on urgent diplomatic and security issues.

Netanyahu had cited sensitive engagements involving Israel's security and diplomacy, with backing from the Mossad chief and military intelligence head. The court agreed that these justified delaying the trial, including Monday's planned cross-examination.

The Israeli leader was indicted in 2019 on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust-allegations he strongly denies, calling the trial a politically motivated attempt by left-wing rivals to remove him from office.

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