The plane carrying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Florida for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump passed through the airspace of three countries that are parties to the International Criminal Court, despite an active ICC arrest warrant against the Israeli leader.

Flight tracking data from FlightRadar24 showed Netanyahu’s aircraft, known as “Wings of Zion,” crossed the airspace of Greece, Italy and France before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.

All three countries are signatories to the Rome Statute, which obliges member states to cooperate with ICC arrest warrants.

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    western leaders have absolute immunity. they can kill children in plain view and media will still find justification for that.

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      Use their fighter jets to intercept the plane and force it to land. Then arrest Netanyahu and put him on trial in The Hague. Or even easier don’t grant it permission into their airspace.

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      Yikes guys, Operation Valkyrie seems kinda problematic, that exploding briefcase killed several Nazi officers who just happened to be in the same room as Hitler.

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      If their pilot is willing to kill the entire plane to not let one genocidal war criminal be arrested on land, that’s a pilot who should also be rotting in the Hague.