UK Foreign Secretary hails tougher stance on Israel and 'settler terrorists'

UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced a more aggressive approach to handling Israel's treatment of Palestine during the Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool. Miliband emphasized the government's willingness to take stronger action against Israel, particularly in response to settler violence in the West Bank and the war in Gaza.

He referenced his family's history as Jewish refugees from World War II, stating that it created a "survivor's responsibility" to address injustice. Miliband also drew a direct line between grassroots outrage over the party's stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the new direction under Prime Minister Andy Burnham. He promised that the British government would not allow the Israeli government to "destroy the two-state solution" and that efforts to undermine international law would fail.

Miliband's colleagues at the Foreign Office used their appearances at the conference to reinforce the new tone, emphasizing the importance of ethics, values, and international law in their approach to the Middle East.