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.

  • grue@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Should I use force?

    Yes. You scrample fighter jets and force them down, using missiles if necessary.

    Risk starting a war?

    This does not follow. The war would be started by whoever illegally retaliated for a lawful arrest, not by whoever did the arresting.

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      5 hours ago

      The semantics of who “is to blame” for the war are ultimately irrelevant to the small nation trying to avoid being in a war.