Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara took off for Rome Thursday afternoon, where Netanyahu will meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, local businessmen, and with the leaders of the Italian Jewish community.
Before boarding the plane, Netanyahu told reporters: “We continue our efforts to reach an understanding [on the judicial reforms]. Unfortunately so far all these efforts have been met with a blanket refusal by the opposition and attempts to plunge the country into anarchy. The issue is not the judicial reform, the goal here is to overthrow a democratically elected government.”

This evening, Netanyahu will visit the Jewish Museum in Rome and meet with the leaders of the Italian Jewish community.
Tomorrow (Friday), Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with businessmen at the Italian Economy Ministry. Later, he will meet with Prime Minister Meloni, during which Netanyahu will ask her to relocate her country”s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The prime minister and his wife will return to Israel on Saturday night.

The Netanyahus arrived at Ben Gurion Airport via police helicopter Thursday afternoon due to the blocking of the roads leading to the airport by protestors against the government’s planned judicial reforms.
An Air Force CH-35 Sea Stallion helicopter sat for hours at he helipad at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center under the protection of the police and Shin Bet, This helicopter was a decoy. While protestors descended on Hadassah Ein Kerem, Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife left on a different helicopter which was launched from another location.