Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, says the governments of Italy, France, and Greece “must explain why they provided airspace and safe passage” to Netanyahu, even though he is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Al Jazeera reports.

“Italian, French and Greek citizens deserve to know that every political action violating the international legal order, weakens and endangers all of them,” Albanese wrote in a post on X.

The countries, which are all parties to the Rome Statute, are “obligated to arrest” the Israeli prime minister, she said.

The United States, which is currently hosting Netanyahu, is not a party to the statute.

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