Settlements

Britain and Israel must lower the temperature as our shared interests far outweigh today’s dispute

Further escalation over the settlement issue would be deeply counterproductive. We should not risk a critical relationship spanning security, intelligence, trade and innovation

By Len Judes

3 min read

Union Jack and Israeli flag seen on Kikar Plumer street in Tel Aviv (Image: Getty Images)

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

West Bank

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

By JC Reporter

2 min read

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)

By Sharren Haskel

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

4 min read

Nigel Farage

Farage hints at reversing Labour’s Israel sanctions

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

Prime Minister Andy Burnham during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons. (Image: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire).

By Richard Tice

Labour and the Greens are engaged in an anti-Israel ‘race to the bottom’

2 min read

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

Settlements

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

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio leaves a meeting with Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella in Barranquilla, Colombia, on September 8, 2026. (Getty Images)

Sanctions

Rubio refuses to condemn UK settlement sanctions, says US ‘shares goal of stability’ in West Bank

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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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)

‘A dark day for British Jews’: Chief Rabbi condemns UK sanctions on West Bank settlements

The JLC claimed the measures ‘does nothing to advance peace, risks harming Jewish life in Britain, and damages the UK's relationship with a vital ally’

By Jacob Jaffa

3 min read

September 8, 2026 17:02

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis speaks during the 'Britain Stands With British Jews' rally at Downing Street, May 10, 2026 (Credit: Alishia Abodunde/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

3 min read

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)

Israel to close British consulate in Jerusalem and ban Corbyn and Green MPs in response to Miliband settlement sanctions

All elected members of Zack Polanski’s party, as well as the former Labour leader and an anti-Israel lawyer, will be barred from entering the Jewish State

By JC Reporter

5 min read

September 8, 2026 15:57

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / 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

Former MI6 chief: Labour’s sanctions amount to virtue signalling that could harm UK-Israel security relationship

Sir Richard Dearlove was scathing of the planned announcement so close to Israel’s election

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

September 8, 2026 13:34

Former head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove (Image: Getty).

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)

Huckabee warns UK of backlash against ‘irrational discrimination’ of settlement sanctions

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is due to announce a ‘reset’ of London and Jerusalem’s relationship on Tuesday, including a ban on goods from Jewish communities in the West Bank

By JC Reporter

4 min read

September 8, 2026 09:40

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee during a meeting in the Oval Office on April 23, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Settlements

Britain and Israel must lower the temperature as our shared interests far outweigh today’s dispute

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

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

Farage hints at reversing Labour’s Israel sanctions

Labour and the Greens are engaged in an anti-Israel ‘race to the bottom’

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

Rubio refuses to condemn UK settlement sanctions, says US ‘shares goal of stability’ in West Bank

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