U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday reiterated his call to drop the corruption charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Calling the premier a “war hero” who did a “fabulous job” coordinating with the U.S. on defeating Iran’s nuclear threat, Trump then turned to the efforts to reach a hostage deal with Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
The longtime Israeli leader is “right now in the process of negotiating a deal with Hamas, which will include getting the hostages back,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform, warning that this “travesty of ‘Justice’ will interfere with both Iran and Hamas negotiations.
“The United States of America spends Billions of Dollar[s] a year, far more than on any other Nation, protecting and supporting Israel. We are not going to stand for this,” he wrote. “Let Bibi go, he’s got a big job to do!”
Netanyahu shared Trump’s statement to X, thanking the president and declaring, “Together, we make will make the Middle East Great Again!”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog reiterated his support on Thursday for a plea deal in Netanyahu’s trial, responding to Trump’s earlier call to end what the American leader described as the “witch hunt” against the premier.
Judges at the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday ruled in favor of a request by Netanyahu’s attorneys to postpone his testimony scheduled for this week as the premier was dealing with issues of national security.
The court decided to cancel the hearings after receiving a briefing from the commander of the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder, officials of the Mossad agency and others.
Israel’s Kan Reshet Bet public radio station cited coalition sources as saying earlier on Sunday that Netanyahu’s lawyers were considering asking for a stay of proceedings to temporarily freeze the trial.
