US Defense Secretary arrives in Israel amid anti-Netanyahu protests

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Israel on Thursday, a Reuters correspondent traveling with him said, as part of a visit that had been rescheduled due to a surge in protests against the government’s judicial overhaul plans.

Austin landed in Ben Gurion Airport and was due to meet at a nearby venue with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

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