Britain says it will unveil, in the coming weeks, a “comprehensive” package of measures in response to Israeli settlement plans in the occupied West Bank, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband tells lawmakers.
Miliband specifically cites Israel’s E1 settlement project, saying it would cut across land that Palestinians seek for a future state. He warns this could “risk making a Palestinian state unviable.” He also says the government will not accept steps he views as undermining the two-state solution, adding that it will “act” and set out further details in the coming weeks.
Across the reporting provided, the core elements align: Miliband announces forthcoming British measures, frames the E1 plan as a threat to Palestinian territorial contiguity and statehood prospects, and reiterates the UK’s position against actions seen as damaging the two-state solution. The sources do not specify the exact content of the measures in the excerpted material, nor do they detail timing beyond “coming weeks.”
