US defence secretary Lloyd Austin has arrived in Israel during a surge in protests against the government’s judicial overhaul plans with thousands of people calling for a “day of resistance to dictatorship”.Austin, who is on a regional tour, landed at Ben Gurion Airport where hundreds of protesters gathered on Thursday. He was greeted on the tarmac by Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant, and was due to have a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.However, the visit by the Pentagon chief came as Israeli demonstrators intensified their opposition to a contentious government proposal to reform the judiciary.
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