Sunak meets with Netanyahu as British protesters protest Israeli Prime Minister's visit.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomed Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu in London on Friday as protesters gathered nearby to protest the Israeli government's right-wing policies.

Israel faces a national crisis over government plans to reform its judicial system. They sparked the largest Israeli protests in history and sparked a rare backlash from Israeli society, including military reservists, naval veterans, high-tech businessmen and former officials. As thousands took to the streets across the country on Thursday, Netanyahu, who is on trial over corruption, defiantly vowed to reverse the hours after his coalition passed a law making his ouster more difficult.

The overhaul plans would give Israel's most far-right coalition in history greater control over the appointment of judges, weaken the Supreme Court by limiting judicial review of legislation, and allow Parliament to overrule decisions by simple majority court legislatures.

Palestinians and human rights organizations say Israel's democratic ideals have long been undermined by its 55-year indefinite land occupation, during which Palestinians aspire to an independent state, and its treatment of Palestinian Israeli citizens, who face discrimination in many areas.

Netanyahu has postponed his departure to the UK until 4am on Friday to deal with the political crisis.