Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flight to the United States took an unusual detour to avoid European airspace where an outstanding arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes could be enforced.

Netanyahu left Tel Aviv on Wednesday evening to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and to meet US President Donald Trump.

Normally, flights from Tel Aviv to New York fly over several European countries such as France, Spain, Italy, and Greece.

However, flight tracking website FlightRadar24 showed Netanyahu’s plane taking a longer route over the Mediterranean Sea and through the Strait of Gibraltar. While it briefly passed over Greece and Italy, it entirely avoided French and Spanish airspace, extending the overall flight duration.

The Israeli Prime Minister’s O

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