Miliband defends sanctions on Israeli settlements and pushes back against chief rabbi’s criticism – UK politics live
But he said the government had weighed up “the costs and benefits” of its move in advance.He said: double quotation markI regret what the Israeli government has announced, but I’m proud of what we did yesterday and it was the right thing to do. It will be damaging, that’s true, but we weighed up the costs and the benefits in advance of this. We talked to the representatives of the Palestinian people, the Palestinian prime minister, the representative here, and they both said to us with a very clear voice, you need to act from our point of view.
- ▪But he said the government had weighed up “the costs and benefits” of its move in advance.He said: double quotation markI regret what the Israeli government has announced, but I’m proud of what we did yesterday and it was the right thing to
- ▪It will be damaging, that’s true, but we weighed up the costs and the benefits in advance of this.
- ▪We talked to the representatives of the Palestinian people, the Palestinian prime minister, the representative here, and they both said to us with a very clear voice, you need to act from our point of view.
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5m ago04.21 EDTMiliband plays down significance of Israel's retaliatory measures, saying UK sanctions still 'right thing to do'In his interview with Sky News this morning, Ed Miliband, the foreign secretary, said that he regretted the fact that Israel is ordering the UK to close its consulate in Jerusalem in response to the UK sanctions. But he said the government had weighed up “the costs and benefits” of its move in advance.He said: double quotation markI regret what the Israeli government has announced, but I’m proud of what we did yesterday and it was the right thing to do. It will be damaging, that’s true, but we weighed up the costs and the benefits in advance of this. And we did something very important.
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