Miliband invoked his 60 relatives murdered in the Holocaust, then announced sanctions on Israel

British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, a self-described "proud British Jew," delivered a significant speech to the House of Commons, invoking his family's Holocaust history and childhood memories of Israel. He expressed gratitude for Israel as a homeland for his grandmother after 60 family members were murdered by Nazis, and affirmed Israel's right to exist and defend itself against threats like Hamas and Iran. Miliband also condemned antisemitism as a "scourge and an evil," announcing an additional £250 million for Jewish community security and a conference to combat online hate.

However, the tone shifted as he expressed "a deep sense of shame" over Palestinian suffering and declared Britain's view of Israel's West Bank occupation as unlawful. He announced a ban on imports from Israeli settlements, a prohibition on advertising settlement property in the UK, and sanctions on entities supporting settlement expansion, expected to take effect within six to nine months. Miliband also supported international legal proceedings examining Israeli conduct in Gaza, citing growing evidence of potential war crimes.