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“I don’t agree with the Chief Rabbi.”Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has rejected Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis’ criticism of the UK government’s decision to impose new measures targeting illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.Mirvis described the announcement as “a dark day for British Jews”, arguing that the government’s decision to sanction Israeli settlements puts Jews in the UK at risk.Asked about the comments on BBC Radio 4, Miliband said he disagreed with the Chief Rabbi, defending the government’s decision to take action against Israel’s settlement expansion.The foreign secretary went on to reaffirm his defence of British Jews from antisemitism, and explained that these sanctions were aligned with “British values”.The comments regard the newly announced sanctions targeting Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The measures include a ban on imports from Israeli settlements, restrictions on services linked to settlements and sanctions against individuals involved in settler violence.
