UK couldn't remain "silent or passive' in face of Palestinian suffering: Miliband after sanctioning Israeli settlements

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46% : France has for weeks pushed for a similar decision by the European Union, Israel's leading trading partner, but has faced opposition from some member states.
45% : The E1 settlement plan, approved by Israel last year after decades of being frozen, notably due to pressure from successive US administrations, would see 1,200 housing units built in the West Bank.
43% : Palestinians hail UK move as 'turning point' The Palestinian embassy in London welcomed the UK government's announcement, saying it "affirmed the illegality of Israel's occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including east Jerusalem, in line with international law and the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion, and consequently adopting a set of measures, including a full ban on trade with Israeli settlements in Palestine that are illegal according to international law.
41% : On Tuesday, Israel said it would also expel British diplomats at a centre monitoring the US-brokered ceasefire plan in Gaza and bar British training for Palestinian Authority forces, as well as ban 12 British officials from visiting Israel.
41% : UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian TerritoriesFrancesca Albanese described the move as a "seismic shift because it is the strongest condemnation issued by the UK government on the Israeli occupation, and especially after months and years of regretful and painful silence and indifference Albanese, who has been banned by Tel Aviv from entering Gaza and the West Bank since 2024 over her fierce opposition to Israel's genocidal war in the occupied territories, added, "This is huge.
38% : " Tensions between London and Tel Aviv flared on Tuesday as Israel retaliated with four countermeasures against Britain, including the closure of the UK consulate in Jerusalem, which is expected to shut within 30 days after Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced that the UK would ban imports of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank,
37% : Miliband said he wanted "thriving relations with Israel" but stressed that they must be within its legal borders, adding that where there are illegal settlements, the British government would take action.
37% : On Wednesday, Miliband added the UK government agreed with the UN that "there is ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in areas of the West Bank - perpetrated by settler terrorists" and that Israel had "turned a blind eye to this".
35% : On Wednesday, speaking to BBC Breakfast, Miliband said he regretted Israel's response to the British sanctions imposed on the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including Tel Aviv's decision to close the British consulate in Jerusalem.
10% : It also comes as a recent opinion poll in the UK shows that 50 percent of voters, including 67 percent of Labour voters, believe that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and 55 percent believed that the UK should no longer consider Israel as an ally, whilst just 15 percent believed the UK should be an ally of Israel.

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