Ed Miliband

Holding British Jews responsible for the actions of the Israeli government is antisemitism, pure and simple.

And all too often, the Israeli government has turned a blind eye to this.

A new approach is needed because of the plans for the E1 development...

Anyone who holds British Jews - or indeed Jews around the world - responsible for the actions of the Israeli government, is engaging in antisemitism, pure and simple.

We weighed the costs and the benefits of acting. We thought that we couldn’t just simply stand by because we feared Israeli reaction.

The E1 project would cut across land sought for a future Palestinian state and put a two-state solution at risk.

We will ban imports from Israeli settlements, prohibit advertising for settlement property in the UK and impose sanctions on companies and individuals involved in financing, construction, infrastructure and other activity supporting…

I formally declare that Britain considers Israel’s occupation of the West Bank unlawful.

I feel a deep sense of shame over Palestinian suffering during the past three years.

On the sanctions regime, I think it is substantive, I think it’s going to make a substantive difference and that is absolutely our intention and he’s absolutely right that once we bring in the sanctions regime, we of course always keep its…

It might have been designed for TikTok, but it really doesn’t become her.

This government is taking action. It’s taking action on goods, it’s taking action on services. We’ve banned the arms licences for the IDF in Gaza. We’ve taken action across the board. We’ve declared the occupation as unlawful.

So I can announce today that we will introduce an import ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied territories.

The occupation of the West Bank was unlawful, which he admitted was an overdue statement of reality.

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.

We all need to do more to tackle antisemitism, but I believe we can do that and stand up for British values.

I regret what the Israeli government has announced, but I’m proud of what we did yesterday and it was the right thing to do.

I want Jews, I want people of all faiths and none to feel safe in our country. We will pursue that with the utmost vigour at the same time as doing the right things when it comes to our foreign policy.

Antisemitism is a scourge and an evil, whether it happens on the streets, in our schools, online or in workplaces, and I accept our responsibilities as a government and indeed as a society to counter antisemitism.

Well, I speak as a British Jew, and the reason we took the action yesterday is because we see the two-state solution – the only hope in my view for security and dignity for both the Israeli and Palestinian people – being destroyed before…

Ethnic cleansing is taking place in the West Bank

A strategy of passivity in the face of what is happening is not a strategy.

Today, France and Canada are announcing alongside Britain that they will also ban the import of goods from illegal settlements.

The set of measures I have announced represents a clear message to the government of Israel, to the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, and to the world that we will not acquiesce in the destruction of the two-state solution.