Ed Miliband Rejects Notion that Israel Sanctions Put British Jews at Risk
Miliband said the measures target settlement activity and extremist violence, while Israel and the United States condemned the move as retaliatory tensions grew.
- On Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced a new sanctions regime targeting illegal West Bank settlements, restricting companies and individuals providing financing or construction services.
- Miliband told Parliament that a 'new approach' is necessary because E1 development plans render a two-state solution 'unviable,' claiming more settlements were approved under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in four years than in the previous 20 years.
- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar closed the British consulate in Jerusalem and banned 11 MPs, alleging 'antisemitic and anti-Israel activity,' while US Ambassador Mike Huckabee called the move an 'irrational action.'
- Miliband rejected warnings from Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis that sanctions endanger British Jews, though Prime Minister Andy Burnham defended the measures as 'the right thing to do.'
- Legislation for the regime may take nine months to finalize as Miliband faces parliamentary scrutiny on Wednesday, though the government maintains it seeks a 'strong and flourishing relationship with Israel.
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Ed Miliband accused of 'creating an atmosphere for violence against Jews' after Israel sanctions
Ed Miliband has been accused of creating "an atmosphere for violence against Jews" in Britain by launching a series of sanctions on Israeli settlements.Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told the Commons a "new approach" was necessary because plans for the E1 development in the West Bank would render a two-state solution "unviable" by “cutting through the heart of Palestine".The former Labour leader also accused settler "terrorists", supported by Ben…
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Ed Miliband rejects notion that Israel sanctions put British Jews at risk
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the sanctions are ‘the right thing to do’.
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