Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in his aircraft on Thursday to take a long way to participate in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) held in New York. During this time the aircraft used only the airspace of Italy and Greece and avoided flying over other European countries. Due to this, the journey became hundreds of kilometers long.
The arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is considered a major reason behind this unusual route. The ICC has accused Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant of alleged war crimes during the Gaza war. Israel has completely rejected these allegations, but many countries in Europe, which are members of ICC, have already said that if Netanyahu reaches their area, they will arrest them on the basis of international warrants.
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PM Netanyahu has reached New York after traveling a 600 km long journey. The data recorded on the flight tracker revealed that the aircraft also avoided the airspace of Spain and France. Whereas, Israel had sought permission to fly from France and France also approved. Despite this, the aircraft did not use the French airspace.
Journalists were kept out of the journey
The Prime Minister’s Office had already announced that no journalist with Netanyahu will go on a US tour this time due to security reasons. Earlier, during his visit to America in July, he took a direct route, but this time the situation remained different.
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Earlier, the journey hours had increased
This is not the first time Netanyahu had to choose a long way. During the visit to America in February, the aircraft adopted a long route. At the same time, in May, he had canceled Azerbaijan’s journey to avoid flying over Turkey. Turkish President Rechep Tayyip Erdogan, who has openly praised Hamas and is a staunch critic of Netanyahu. He refused Netanyahu to use his airspace.
The International Criminal Court based in Hague has issued a warrant against Netanyahu and Gallant, but also issued a warrant on several Hamas leaders. However, those leaders of Hamas have now been killed in Israeli action.
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