Covid-19 delays Netanyahu trial

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial was delayed yesterday for two months until May due to the coronavirus crisis. Israel’s Justice Ministry said the trial, due to have opened tomorrow with the reading of an indictment against Israel’s longest-serving leader in three graft cases, would begin on May 24 “due to developments related to the spread of the coronavirus”. Netanyahu, who is spearheading Israel’s tough measures to slow the spread of Covid-19, has denied any wrongdoing in the investigations.