The State Attorney’s Office on Tuesday requested that the Jerusalem District Court hand over a reported Shin Bet document determining that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unable to testify at his criminal trial due to the risk that Iran may attempt to harm him during a court appearance.

Channel 13 news reported on Sunday that, along with Netanyahu’s own request to postpone his trial by two weeks, Shin Bet chief David Zini had submitted a letter to the Courts Administration’s legal adviser, warning that there would be a risk to the premier’s life if an upcoming lengthy public appearance, such as court testimony, was public knowledge.

In a letter to the court sent Tuesday, the State Attorney’s Office said that it had not received Zini’s position paper, despite standard practice for the prosecutor’s office to receive information pertinent to court proceedings, and had learned of it through media reports.

“The prosecution has no knowledge of whether such a position paper was submitted for the consideration of the court, and whether such a position paper was a consideration in the court’s decision to cancel the hearing of [Netanyahu’s] testimony this week,” the State Attorney’s Office told the court.

The State Attorney’s Office said it should have received Zini’s position paper. It asked the court to transmit it to the prosecutor’s office, and to make clear that all such documentation be passed on to it in the future.

In response to the reports of Zini’s position paper, the........

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