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Netanyahu delays UK flight to 4 a.m.
Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport about to board a plane for Rome on March 9, 2023. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is slated to depart Israel for London at 4 a.m. on Friday morning, his office says.
The prime minister is likely to therefore land with little time to spare before heading to scheduled meetings with UK officials, including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
His office says that Netanyahu is departing late due to a long schedule of votes and legislative activity in the Knesset today.
He is expected to return to Israel early Sunday morning.
