Miliband rejects chief rabbi's claim British Jews in greater danger after sanctions move

Share Save Add as preferred on Google Hafsa Khalil Watch: 'I thought it was important to call out what's happening', says Miliband Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has rejected the chief rabbi's warning that British Jews are at greater risk after the UK announced sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Miliband said that as a "proud British Jew" he disagreed with UK Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis, who described the move as a "truly dark day" that would "succeed only in bolstering the very extremism they seek to target".

"We all need to do more to tackle antisemitism," Miliband said, "but I believe we can do that and stand up for British values".

The sanctions on trade with illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank come against a backdrop of rising antisemitic incidents across the UK.