David Miliband: “I think that from our point of view the violations of international law and basic rights are coming from all sides, but…”

There are well founded reports of effective war crimes that are being committed in the shelling of civilian areas.

This is not about judging the intentions. It's about judging the realities and the actions. And I'm afraid that the humanitarian situation in Gaza now represents an absolutely grave threat to the lives of 2 million people. That's not a…

The western world has said that liberal democracy is on the line. And one of the aspects of liberal democracy is to treat those in need properly.

There can be no effective foreign policy without effective humanitarian policy.