List of international prime ministerial trips made by Benjamin Netanyahu

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Jordan	2014	Discussions regarding Temple Mount tensions	[34]

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Jordan	2016	Egypt–Israel–Jordan summit	[83]

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Post-ICC indictment

On November 21, 2024, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, severely limiting his options for traveling outside Israel without the risk of being arrested unlike all other non-western former and current authoritarian leaders, Israel is mostly ally with democracies that are part of ICC. Formally, all 124 countries who are parties to the Rome Statute are obligated to arrest him upon entry. The arrest warrant also complicates his ability to travel to countries that are not parties to the Rome Statute, due to the risk of an emergency landing during the trip in a country that is a party to the statute.^[116] In February 2025, during Netanyahu's first international trip after the ICC arrest warrant was issued, his plane flew a path that was longer than usual in order to fly over American military bases in case he needed to make an emergency stop for medical reasons.^[117][c]

Although Hungary was a party to the Rome Statute, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán publicly declared that he will not arrest Netanyahu if he arrived in Hungary for a visit.^[118] Orban announced Hungary's departure from the Rome Statute when Netanyahu came to visit in April 2025.^[119] Just prior to the announcement, the ICC sent Hungary a request for Netanyahu's extradition.^[120]

Both Poland and Italy privately assured Israeli officials that should Netanyahu arrive in their country, they would use the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations to avoid extraditing him to the ICC.^[121] After winning the election in 2025, Friedrich Merz publicly announced that he "would find a way" for Netanyahu to visit Germany "without being arrested under the warrant by the International Criminal Court".^[122]

In mid-December 2024, reports surfaced that Netanyahu had gone to Cairo to attend ceasefire negotiations for the Gaza war. Netanyahu's office denied the reports, saying that on the day in question, Netanyahu was actually visiting Syrian territory invaded by Israel following the fall of the Assad regime.^[123]

In July 2026, ahead of the opening session of the eighty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that he was looking into the possibility of arresting Netanyahu should Netanyahu arrive in New York City for the occasion. Trump responded on his social media, "Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America."^[124] Mamdani eventually conceded that the NYPD cannot arrest Netanyahu.^[125]

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United States	February 3–8, 2025	Discuss with Trump the Phase 2 of the January 2025 Gaza war ceasefire and introduction of Donald Trump's February 2025 Gaza Strip proposal	First meeting by Donald Trump with a foreign leader during his second term[126][127]	United States is not a party to the Rome Statute.
Hungary	April 2–6, 2025	Meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán regarding the two countries' defense cooperation[128]	First country that is member of ICC.	Hungary announced its intention to withdraw from the Rome Statute during the trip.[119][d]
United States	April 7–9, 2025	Discussion of the impacts of the tariffs announced by Trump on Israel	First foreign leader to negotiate a deal with Trump to remove tariffs.[130]	United States is not a party to the Rome Statute.[e]
United States	July 7–9, 2025	Ceasefire and regional diplomacy	[131]
United Nations United States	September 25–30, 2025	UNGA Address, introduction of the Gaza peace plan, and an apology for the 2025 Israeli attack on Doha	The flight to New York City took 13 hours, rather than the normal 11 hours, because the plane carrying Netanyahu avoided European airspace.[132][133]
United States	December 28, 2025–January 1, 2026	Gaza peace plan, 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement, Twelve-Day War ceasefire	Flightradar24 reported that the flight to the United States was its most tracked flight, with about 1,000 people tracking the plane.[134] Based on Flightradar24 data, it appeared that the plane had crossed Greek, Italian, and French airspace.[135]
United States	February 10–13, 2026	2025–2026 US–Iran negotiations, 2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East[136]	The trip was originally scheduled to take place February 18–22, but was moved up.[137] Netanyahu briefed the Trump administration with military options regarding Iran, which decisively influenced Trump's decision to launch Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026.[138]
United Arab Emirates	March 26, 2026	Discussions with Mohammed bin Zayed about the Iran war's impact on the United Arab Emirates.	The United Arab Emirates requested that the trip remain confidential. However, Netanyahu's office publicized the trip on May 13, which was swiftly denied by the UAE. Within a few days, enough information surfaced that Professor Ali Bakir of the Qatar University's Ibn Khaldon Center for Humanities and Social Sciences concluded that Netanyahu did indeed visit the UAE.[139]	United Arab Emirates is not a party to the Rome Statute.
United States	July 27–29, 2026	Discussions with Trump about the 2026 Iran war, the funeral of Lindsey Graham[140]	Due to security precautions, his plane departed from and landed back at military airbases rather than the civilian Ben-Gurion Airport and the times of departure were not announced in advance.[141][142]	United States is not a party to the Rome Statute

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