West Bank & Jerusalem
Miliband rejects chief rabbi's settlement sanctions warning
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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband disputed warnings from the UK's chief rabbi that government sanctions against Israeli settlements would endanger British Jews, The Guardian reported. Sir Ephraim Mirvis had cautioned that the measures risked making Jews in Britain less safe, but Miliband rejected that characterization of the policy's domestic impact.
The disagreement underscores a broader fault line between the government and Jewish community leadership over how to balance West Bank policy with concerns about antisemitism and Jewish security at home. Mirvis's warnings reflect anxiety among some British Jewish figures about the political consequences of hostile moves toward Israeli settlements.
