Protesters greet Netanyahu as he meets UK leader in London

By DANICA KIRKA
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has welcomed Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to his Downing Street office while demonstrators gathered nearby to protest Netanyahu’s right-wing policies. Israel is facing a national crisis over Netanyahu’s government’s plans to overhaul the judicial system, which have ignited the biggest protests in Israeli history. They have also sparked rare dissent from across Israeli society, including military reservists, navy veterans, high-tech businesspeople and former officials. Sunak’s office said the British leader raised Netanyahu’s controversial judicial reforms. He “stressed the importance of upholding the democratic values that underpin our relationship, including in the proposed judicial reforms in Israel.”