Politics · 20 August 2026
UK summons Israeli diplomat over plans for 1,200 West Bank settlement homes
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Ed Miliband, the foreign secretary, warned the building project threatens to cut off the occupied territory from East Jerusalem and wreck a two-state solution. He told the Israeli envoy on Wednesday that the Starmer government will soon announce fresh measures to defend a future Palestinian state. Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Sa'ar, rejected the complaints, arguing British policy is driving antisemitic attacks in the UK.
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