Ed Miliband

Exclusive: Ed Miliband shook hands with Iranian foreign minister but did not meet any Israeli official at UN General Assembly

The foreign secretary also met New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, an outspoken critic of the Jewish State whom Jerusalem accuses of inciting antisemitism

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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi during a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York City on September 24, 2026 (X/ClashReport)

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: X)

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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband leaves the Millbank Studios in Westminster, after appearing on the morning news rounds (Credit: PA)

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Miliband ‘ignored MI6 warning’ against Israeli sanctions

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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street on September 08, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Miliband admits it is ‘not definite’ sanctions on West Bank settlements will work

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Palestinian workers take a coffee break at an Israeli plastic factory at the Barkan Industrial Park near the West Bank settlement of Ariel. (Image: Getty Images)

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Britain may target Israeli settlements – but Palestinians will pay the price

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Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband (Image: Parliament TV)

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Friends I helped and supported turned on me because I stood by Jews

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Government faces questions on whether it ignored official advice on settlement sanctions

Three sources, including a former Conservative minister said that official advice was that such measures were ‘unworkable’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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September 10, 2026 10:53

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband leaves the Millbank Studios in Westminster after appearing on the morning media rounds. (Credit: PA)

By The JC Leader

Labour’s dangerous turn on Israel and our shared resolve

The misguided sanctions and Miliband’s inflammatory rhetoric damage bilateral relations and risk fuelling anti-Jewish sentiment at home. Yet this Rosh Hashanah, as always, we will gather with seriousness and joy and face the challenges ahead together

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September 9, 2026 09:40

Ed Miliband in the House of Commons on September 8, 2026 (ParliamentTV)

What anti-Israel sanctions has Ed Miliband announced?

Foreign secretary went further than any of his predecessors in using strongly critical terms as he outlined measures targeting settlements

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

September 8, 2026 17:32

Foreign secretary Ed Miliband (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

By Alex Hearn

Miliband’s repetition of anonymous Gaza ‘stories’ as fact is no small lapse. It’s the whole problem

This conflict has produced more disinformation than any in living memory – and Jews bear the brunt of the resulting rage

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September 8, 2026 16:56

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband departs after attending a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on September 8, 2026 (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

Miliband accuses Israel of turning a blind eye to ‘ethnic cleansing’ as he introduces trade ban on settlement goods

The foreign secretary claimed war crimes ‘appear to have been committed’ in Gaza and confirmed that the government now recognised the ‘occupation’ of the Palestinian Territories as ‘unlawful’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

September 8, 2026 13:44

By Kemi Badenoch

Labour’s anti-Israel obsession shows it hasn’t changed since Jeremy Corbyn was leader

Settlement trade ban is de facto boycott of the Jewish state – and cannot be squared with claim to fight antisemitism

3 min read

September 8, 2026 12:00

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham (Image: Getty Images)

By Stephen Daisley

Ed Miliband’s claim about Israel blocking medicine into Gaza was incendiary – but then it was intended to be

Whatever Burnham’s government might say publicly, the charge of Jew-hatred is politically useful for them. Their pivot against the Jewish state, expected to include settlement sanctions, is built on ‘stories’ that can be deadlier than weapons

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September 7, 2026 15:43

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: Foreign Office, Instagram)

Huckabee: UK government’s ‘Jew hate’ knows no bounds

The US ambassador to Israel was responding to comments about Gaza made by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, who is Jewish

By JC Reporter

2 min read

September 6, 2026 13:07

The US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee referred to the West Bank as 'Judea and Samaria' (Photo: Getty)

Former UK ambassador to Israel warns sanctions against settlements may backfire

Matthew Gould writes in Sunday Times to say measures may fuel sense of Israel being under siege and will alienate Knesset leaders across political mainstream

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

August 30, 2026 12:29

Then ambassador Matthew Gould visits the site where a rocket from the Gaza Strip landed in Be'er Sheva, Israel, March 2011 (Uriel Sinai/Getty)

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Ed Miliband

Exclusive: Ed Miliband shook hands with Iranian foreign minister but did not meet any Israeli official at UN General Assembly

Ed Miliband’s show of Jewish pride: Kicking Israel on Yom Kippur

Miliband ‘ignored MI6 warning’ against Israeli sanctions

Miliband admits it is ‘not definite’ sanctions on West Bank settlements will work

Britain may target Israeli settlements – but Palestinians will pay the price

Friends I helped and supported turned on me because I stood by Jews

Hamas congratulates Labour – exposing the moral bankruptcy of the government’s Israel policy

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