Occupation Cannot Grant Sovereignty: Britain Holds the Line on Israel and the Law
On 8 September 2026, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband delivered the most significant British statement on Israel and Palestine in a generation. Standing at the despatch box as a self-described “proud British Jew,” Miliband announced a comprehensive package of measures: a ban on goods imported from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, sanctions on companies…
Words Without Action: Assessing Burnham’s First Six Weeks on Gaza
Burnham’s government speaks about Gaza in a markedly different register from its predecessor’s. It has not, so far, acted in one. That gap is the finding here, not a puzzle to explain away. In late July, 80 MPs and peers wrote asking Burnham to recognise the UN Commission of Inquiry’s genocide finding and impose…
