{
  "id": 4895219,
  "title": "UK foreign secretary pledges 'comprehensive reset' of UK policy on Israel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/uk-foreign-secretary-pledges-comprehensive-reset-of-uk-policy-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T16:40:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uk-foreign-secretary-pledges-comprehensive-reset-uk-policy-israel"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced on Tuesday plans to overhaul the UK's approach towards Israel, describing it as a comprehensive reset of UK policy in the coming weeks. The minister addressed lawmakers for the first time since his appointment in July, outlining measures against the illegal expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Miliband emphasized the need to examine the nation's broader economic ties with the occupied territories and the various tools available to address these issues. He made it clear that British firms would not finance, build, or advertise new settlements.\n\nMiliband also denounced \"appalling settler terrorism\" taking place in the West Bank. Simultaneously, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar stated on a podcast that Israel would retaliate against any sanctions imposed by the UK through counter-measures.",
  "summary": "UK foreign secretary pledges 'comprehensive reset' of UK policy on Israel British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband laid out plans on Tuesday for a set of measures against illegal Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, in what he said would be a \"comprehensive reset\" of UK policy on Israel in the \"coming weeks\". Speaking to lawmakers as foreign secretary for the first time since his…",
  "key_points": [
    "UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband pledges comprehensive reset of UK policy on Israel.",
    "Plans to overhaul approach include addressing illegal Israeli settlement expansion in West Bank.",
    "British firms will not finance, build, or advertise new Israeli settlements."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}