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The National (Scotland)
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[email protected] | Alasdair Ferguson

ICC countries allowed Netanyahu to fly across them as UK sends spy plane to Israel

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is wanted for arrest by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity

FRANCE, Greece and Italy have all allowed Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fly across their airspace despite an outstanding International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against him.

Netanyahu's government aircraft, known as the “Wing of Zion,” reportedly passed through the three European countries, who are all state parties who have accepted the rules of the Rome Statute that established the ICC, while he travelled to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.

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