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The Jerusalem District Court panel hearing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial ordered Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara to appear on November 18. The order was issued on Thursday, a day after prosecutors told the court she would not attend a proposed discussion. She is due at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 18, to discuss how the proceedings are being managed and what options exist for moving them forward with the parties' authorized representatives. The Jerusalem Post reported that presiding Judge Rivka Friedman-Feldman and Judges Moshe Bar-Am and Oded Shaham wrote that they saw added value in the attorney-general appearing herself, because a purposeful two-way dialogue required the person responsible for decisions to hear matters directly. The panel said it would consider holding the hearing behind closed doors in the courtroom if necessary.