The Jerusalem District Court cancelled this week's hearings in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long-running corruption trial, accepting a request the Israeli leader made citing classified diplomatic and security grounds.

The U.S. President said his friend is being put through a “witch hunt” corruption trial, but the Israeli leader’s hold on power is threatened by domestic political issues too.

President Trump is calling on Israel to cancel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial, describing the legal proceedings as a politically driven “witch hunt.” In a post on his Truth Social platform Wednesday night,