Ed Miliband: “I feel a deep sense of shame over Palestinian suffering during the past three years.”

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.

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.

The new approach was needed because of the plans for the E1 development - a controversial settlement project that would effectively cut off the occupied West Bank from East Jerusalem and divide the territory in two.

I utterly reject the idea that we want to make Israel a pariah state. I couldn’t have been more clear in my statement about our friendship with the Israeli people and indeed our wish to have trade with green line Israel.