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Why Netanyahu's plane avoided French airspace
On his way to New York, the official plane of the Israeli prime minister did not fly over France even though Paris had authorized it to do so, despite the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against the Israeli leader.
On the way to New York, for the UN General Assembly, the Israeli Prime Minister took an unusual detour.
France had approved an Israeli request to use its airspace, but the aircraft took another route.
According to the recorded trajectory, the flight briefly flew over the airspace of Greece and Italy, but completely avoided the French and Spanish, lengthening the journey more than 600 kilometers
The unusual decision of the Tel Aviv government has given rise to some doubts. According to analysts it was not only a "technical choice," but a clear political message
It changes course, traveling more than 600 kilometers more, avoiding passing from France and Spain, but there is no problem in flying over Italian and Greek airspace. This was the unusual route of the state aircraft "Wings of Zion" with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on board to New York to participate in the General Assembly of the United Nations. As reported by Haaretz, in the previous six flights to the United States, the governmen…
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