Miliband Declares Israel's Occupation Unlawful, Unleashing Sanctions and Economic Chill

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband delivered the UK's strongest-ever condemnation of Israeli conduct in the Occupied Territories on Tuesday, announcing sweeping sanctions on trade with illegal settlements in the West Bank. In a dramatic Commons statement, Miliband declared the government's official position that Israel's occupation of the West Bank is "unlawful in its entirety," accusing "settler terrorists" of carrying out "ethnic cleansing" with the tacit backing of Benjamin...