AP ISIS militants are causing the Middle East to disintergrate, says the Israeli PM

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Arriving in Downing Street for talks with Prime Minister David Cameron, Mr Netanyahu stated his belief that Israel and Britain can work together to “roll back the tide of militant Islam both in the Middle East and in Africa.”



Discussions are set to be dominated by the question of how to combat the rise of the Islamic State, or ISIS, in Syria as well as the nuclear deal recently agreed between the UK, its Western allies and Iran.



Mr Netanyahu, who is a bitter critic of the nuclear agreement, told Mr Cameron: “The Middle East is disintegrating under the twin forces of militant Islam – militant Sunnis led by ISIS and militant Shi-ites led by Iran.”

The Middle East is disintegrating under the twin forces of militant Islam Benjamin Netanyahu

Mr Cameron assured the Israeli premier that Britain “remains staunch in our defence of Israel's right to exist and to defend itself".



On the eve of his visit, although not repeated today, protestors gathered outside Downing Street clashed with pro-Israeli groups.



Mr Netanyahu, who won re-election in March this year, oversaw a seven-week military operation in Gaza last summer to stop rocket fire coming into Israel.



The conflict left 2,100 people dead, the majority of them Palestinians.

PA Benjamin Netanyahu during talks with David Cameron at Downing Street