Ed Miliband defends UK government's sanctions on Israel

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Ed Miliband has ‘put the safety of Britain's Jews at risk’ after announcing a raft of new sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, chief rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis says. Sir Ephraim spoke after the Jewish Leadership Council said the trade bans do "nothing to advance peace, risks harming Jewish life in Britain, and damages the UK's relationship with a vital ally". He said that Tuesday was a "dark day for British Jews". 00:00 | The foreign secretary joins Nick Ferrari to defend the government’s decision, saying that the UK ‘should have acted sooner’. 09:09 | Former Labour MP Dame Louise Ellman says that it was ‘a diatribe’ from Miliband to blaming Israel and Israel alone. 13:19 | Caller Nick says we need the help of Mossad for help in defending against terrorist attacks, and the now they will be ‘alienated’ and ‘less likely to help us’. 15:41 | Caller Jack tells Nick that Israel is our ‘number 1 ally in the Middle East’ and that they would be ‘right to withhold in

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