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List of international prime ministerial trips made by Benjamin Netanyahu

This is the list of international prime ministerial trips made by Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister of Israel.

First term (1996–1999)

In addition, on August 19, 1996, Netanyahu entered Lebanese territory when he visited IDF troops in Israel's self-proclaimed security zone in southern Lebanon and met with the commander of the South Lebanese Army, Gen. Antoine Lahad.

Second term (2009–2013)

Third term (2013–2015)

Unconfirmed

Fourth term (2015–2020)

Since May 14, 2015, Netanyahu heads the thirty-fourth government of Israel, acting both as prime minister and minister of foreign affairs.

Unconfirmed

Fifth term (2020–2021)

Sixth term (2022–present)

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. 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. When he did fly to the United States in February 2025, Netanyahu's 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.

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. Orban announced Hungary's departure from the Rome Statute when Netanyahu came to visit in April 2025. Just prior to the announcement, the ICC sent Hungary a request for Netanyahu's extradition.

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. 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".

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.

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