Who is Ed Miliband listening to?

U.K. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has justified sanctions against Israel by citing the Palestinian Authority (PA) prime minister and the Palestinian ambassador to the U.K. as key voices. The article scrutinizes these figures, noting that Ambassador Husam Zomlot has repeatedly avoided unequivocally condemning the October 7th attacks and frames the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a lens of colonialism and ethnic cleansing, dating back to the origins of Zionism. PA Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa also described October 7th as "unfortunate for everybody" and a symptom of "75 years non-stop" Palestinian suffering, aligning with a narrative that begins with Israel's establishment. The article highlights a disparity in Miliband's approach, with harsh sanctions against Israel contrasted with calls for the PA to "accelerate reform" without comparable consequences. It questions the deference shown to Palestinian leadership while rhetoric against Israel intensifies, asking, "Where does this end?"