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The Jerusalem District Court agreed to postpone Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial — just hours after President Trump called for the case to be dropped while suggesting American aid could hang in the balance over the decision. The court revealed Sunday that Netanyahu will not have to testify for the next two weeks due to diplomatic and national security issues, two days after the judge initially rejected the premier’s repeated requests to have the trial delayed. The new order came after Trump took to Truth Social and slammed the corruption trial — which sees Netanyahu accused of bribery,...

Mar. 10, 2003 Court jails Palestinian driver for smuggling arms and explosives in ambulance By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An Israeli military court on Monday sentenced a Palestinian driver to four and a half years in prison for smuggling weapons and explosives in his ambulance, an army statement said. Troops caught Aslan Jibril, from the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus, with an explosive belt of the type used by suicide bombers and other weapons and ammunition concealed under a gurney in his Red Crescent ambulance, the military said. The incident took place in March 2002. The...

Mar. 10, 2003 Court sentences Fatah terrorist to four life sentences By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF A military court in Beit El has sentenced Nasser Shawish, a member of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement and a leader of the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, to four consecutive life sentences for his involvement in the planning of three suicide attacks against Israeli targets, reports Army Radio. Shawish is responsible for the suicide attack in Jerusalem's King George street last year in which three Israelis were killed.