British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband Announces Major Policy Shift on Israel
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced a major policy shift regarding Israel and the Palestinian issue at the Labour Party conference in London, promising sanctions.
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to condemn his party's previous government policies and announce a major shift in policy regarding Israel and the Palestinian issue during a speech at the Labour Party conference in London.
Policy Shift on Israel and the Palestinian Issue
"I want to say to millions of people in this country, and indeed elsewhere, who felt deep solidarity and anger at the plight of the Palestinian people: we hear you, you were right," he is expected to say.
"And under Andy's leadership, we have reshaped our approach. We loudly condemn the ethnic cleansing carried out by terrorist settlers in the West Bank. We openly point to evidence of war crimes in Gaza. We condemn the illegal occupation of Palestine by Israel."
New Sanctions and Trade Restrictions
Miliband will outline several concrete measures the government plans to take, including banning the import of goods from illegal settlements and disrupting financial supply chains.
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Banning imports from illegal settlements.
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Disrupting financial and construction supply chains.
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Opposing any attempts to undermine the two-state solution.
