At trial, former PM's defense team seeking to show that requests for favorable coverage from Walla, at center of alleged quid pro quo, weren't unusual

Defense team will aim to show that Ilan Yeshua was promoting complimentary content on website for other politicians, businessmen

Shaul and Iris Elovitch ask Jerusalem District Court to prevent examination of former Walla news editor Avi Alkalay, in Bezeq-Walla bribery trial

Corruption trial of the former prime minister still slated to resume in Jerusalem on September 13

Postponement, due to 'personal reasons' of key witness, is third time proceedings have been pushed off recently

Other correspondence implies other politicians and business people also made requests from Ilan Yeshua during his time in the post; trial set to resume July 19

Postponement puts restart of proceedings just 2 days before summer recess; delay comes at request of prosecutors who need more time to provide defense with missing materials

Judges partially accept defense request for more time to review messages from key witness's phone; on current timetable, there will be just 7 hearings before High Holidays

Defense says it'll need several months to look through new material from key witness's phone, but prosecutor argues a 2-week postponement is sufficient

TV says State Attorney's Office won't currently appeal order to dig through key witness's correspondence, but may reconsider if judges don't clarify how search can be more targeted