Despite protests over Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Britain and a petition demanding his arrest there, British-Israeli ties are stronger than ever, the kingdom’s main pro-Israel lobby group said. Slogans like “Arrest Netanyahu!” and “war criminal!” could be heard from the chanting crowd as well, according to Vice News.

Before boarding the plane to London from Israel, Netanyahu said he would warn Europe against pressuring Israel as the country represents a bulwark against radical Islamism in the Middle East.

A government statement said: “We recognise that the conflict in Gaza previous year took a awful toll”.

Cameron and Netanyahu also talked about the threat of Islamist extremism and agreed that both political and economic security was required for long term peace, and pledged to continue to work together to support fragile countries in North Africa.

“It is for that reason that we are delighted to join members of our community in Whitehall to show solidarity with Prime Minister Netanyahu during his visit”.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced the start of construction of a fence along Israel’s border with Jordan after calls for Tel Aviv to take in Syrian refugees.

Regular working meetings between presidents and prime ministers are customary in Israel.

More than 108,000 people have signed a petition urging the arrest of Netanyahu for war crimes, enough for the issue to be considered for debate in Britain’s Parliament. A counter-campaign was organised by British-Israeli advocacy groups who warned that “thousands of anti-Israel protesters” were to mobilise in London on Wednesday.

And just last Saturday As many as 1,000 people marched through Cardiff as the Israeli football team played Wales in the Euro 2016 qualifiers. “I don’t expect anything to happen as he falls under Universal Jurisdiction which means he cannot be detained, but it sends a clear message the he is not welcome in the United Kingdom and that we haven’t forgotten”.

More than 500 children were among the 2,100 Palestinians, the majority of them civilians, who were killed.

It also revealed differences of opinion on the legacy of Operation Protective Edge, Israel’s war in Gaza last summer: 80 percent of Jewish-Israelis said Israel’s decision to launch the war was right, while 69 percent of Arab-Israelis said the decision was not right.