Israeli PM pleads not guilty as corruption trial resumes weeks before election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a hearing at the district court in Jerusalem (Reuven Castro/Pool/AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pleaded not guilty as his trial on corruption charges resumed in a Jerusalem courtroom just weeks before national elections in which he hopes to extend his 12-year rule.

Netanyahu was indicted last year for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases.