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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Oliver Holmes

Netanyahu flies circuitous route to UN summit ‘to avoid arrest’ in Europe

Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sarah
Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sarah, preparing to leave for the US on the Wing of Zion for his previous visit in July. Photograph: Amos Ben Gershom/Israel Gpo/ Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Benjamin Netanyahu has again taken a significantly longer flight route than necessary, avoiding the airspace of several European countries, this time while en route to the UN in New York.

The Israeli prime minister, who has an international criminal court arrest warrant against him for alleged crimes including starvation as a method of warfare, made a trip that flight-tracking data showed followed the Mediterranean Sea, rather than a more direct route over the continent.

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