Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official aircraft is expected to avoid New York's John F Kennedy International Airport during his visit to the United States for the UN General Assembly on Thursday, Israeli media report.

Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said on Monday that Wing of Zion, Israel's official state aircraft, is expected to land at a military base in New Jersey or Newark Liberty International Airport instead of JFK, the UK-based Middle East Monitor reports.

The newspaper attributed the possible change to difficulties coordinating with US authorities and concerns that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani could seek to prevent the aircraft from remaining at the airport while Netanyahu was away....