A closed session was held to discuss postponing Netanyahu's testimony in his corruption trial.

The Jerusalem District Court held a closed session on Sunday to discuss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to postpone his testimony for two weeks in his ongoing corruption trial.

Netanyahu attended the hearing in person and, in a closed session, presented to the judges the reasons why he could not appear on the scheduled dates, claiming that "crucial" matters required his full involvement at the current time.

The closed session was attended by the head of the Israeli military intelligence branch (Aman), Shlomi Bender, and the head of the Mossad, David Barnea, at Netanyahu's request, according to Israeli media reports.

This is the second time Bender has attended a closed session during which the court is considering a request to postpone Netanyahu's trial. In the previous session, the Aman chief briefed the judges on plans to prepare for a potential attack on Iran, which served as grounds for an earlier postponement of Netanyahu's testimony.

Commenting on the hearing, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana called on the court to grant the postponement request, stating that "justice is not an end in itself, but rather a means to serve the public interest," describing the trial as "a farce that must end."

He added that the judges have an opportunity to "make history," either through a settlement that ends the trial or by dismissing the indictment on the grounds of "fundamental procedural flaws," amid growing calls in Israel to cancel Netanyahu's trial.

US President Donald Trump joined in these calls, saying in a post on the Truth Social platform that the United States "will not tolerate" the continued prosecution of Netanyahu. He wrote last night, "The United States of America spends billions of dollars a year, far more than any other country, to protect and support Israel. We will not tolerate this."

An Israeli court on Friday rejected Netanyahu's request to postpone his testimony in his long-running trial, arguing that his request "provides no basis or detailed justification for canceling the hearings." In response, Netanyahu thanked his ally Trump via his Twitter account, writing, "Thank you again."

"Together we will restore the greatness of the Middle East," he said in his post.

Netanyahu had requested on Thursday, through his lawyer, that his testimony in the hearings scheduled for the next two weeks be postponed in light of "regional and global developments" following the war. On Wednesday, Trump rushed to Netanyahu's defense, describing the cases against him as a "witch hunt."

In his Saturday post, Trump described Netanyahu as a "war hero" and said his trial would distract him from negotiations with Iran and Hamas. Trump wrote that "this travesty of 'justice' will interfere with negotiations with Iran and Hamas," without clarifying which negotiations with Iran he was referring to.