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UK condemns Israeli settler ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Bank – The Latest

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The UK has attacked ‘settler terrorism’ deployed in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, whilst announcing sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband delivered the strongest condemnationof the actions of the Israeli government ever by a British government, including the disproportionate killings in Gaza of at least 70,000 people including 20,000 children. Lucy Hough speaks to chief Middle East correspondent Emma Graham-Harrison – watch on YouTube

Ed Miliband statementScreen grab of Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband making a statement on Israel-Palestine in the House of Commons, central London. Picture date: Tuesday September 8, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire — Photograph: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA

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