Netanyahu pitches for better plane to convey Israeli leaders


  • World
  • Sunday, 04 May 2014

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers his speech during a news conference in the Independence Hall of Israel in Tel Aviv May 1, 2014. REUTERS/Dan Balilty/Pool

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, complaining he has to rely on "some antenna they stick on a window", says he lacks reliable and encrypted communications on the chartered aircraft that fly him on visits overseas.

The disclosure, by the leader of a country with deep security concerns, appeared in a report on Sunday by a government-appointed panel that examined whether an official plane should be bought for the prime minister and President Shimon Peres.

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