Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again submitted a request to the Jerusalem District Court today, Sunday, to postpone his testimony before it in the corruption cases in which he is accused for 15 days, on the pretext that the International Criminal Court in The Hague has issued arrest warrants against him and against former Defense Minister Yoav Galant.

The request to postpone Netanyahu's testimony, submitted by his lawyers, stated that the defense attorneys would not be ready to begin hearing Netanyahu's testimony scheduled for early next month, and that the attorneys met with Netanyahu in preparation for his testimony "daily and late at night."

The lawyers added that the reason for the postponement was "the fact that last Thursday the court in The Hague announced the issuance of arrest warrants against the prime minister and the former security minister. Naturally, this ironic and sad event caused the cancellation of several preparatory meetings."

The lawyers added that they are requesting that Netanyahu's testimony be postponed to December 17, instead of the second of the same month, according to the court's decision.

Two weeks ago, the Jerusalem District Court rejected Netanyahu's request to postpone the start of his testimony in court until next February, meaning that the testimony will begin on December 2.

The three judges said they were not convinced that there had been "a material change in circumstances" that would affect the postponement of his testimony, because in deciding to start the testimony on December 2, "all the relevant considerations, including the war situation, were taken into account."

Netanyahu's lawyer claimed that "there were weeks during which we were unable to meet with the prime minister" because of the war, and that "Netanyahu put the needs of the state before his personal needs."