‘Let Bibi go': Trump calls for Netanyahu's corruption case to be dropped as trial postponed
A court in Israel has postponed the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
US President Donald Trump has called for the case to be dropped, suggesting US aid may be withdrawn from Israel if the trial goes ahead.
'It is terrible what they are doing in Israel to Bibi Netanyahu. He is a war hero,' he said in his Truth Social post.
'How is it possible that the Prime Minister of Israel can be forced to sit in a courtroom all day long, over nothing ... It is a political witch hunt.
'We are not going to stand for this ... let Bibi go, he's got a big job to do.'
Mr Netanyahu will be exempt from testifying for the next two weeks as national security issues prevail.
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