00:00The UK will ban the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank
00:06in a major toughening of its position on Israel's occupation.
00:10Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Parliament the British government
00:14now officially considers the occupation unlawful.
00:17According to Miliband, the announcement marked the beginning of a new approach
00:21where the UK government not only calls out injustice and suffering but acts on it.
00:27He made it clear that their argument is not with the people of Israel
00:32but with the conduct of its government
00:34and reiterated UK's position on a two-state solution.
00:38He also said the government agrees that there is ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
00:42in parts of the West Bank, carried out by what he called settler terrorists.
00:48Miliband accused the Israeli government of too often turning a blind eye.
00:52Miliband says France and Canada will also announce a ban
00:56on the importing of goods from illegal settlements today.
00:59They will be joining the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Spain and Norway
01:04which have either banned goods or are in the process of doing so.
01:08The move comes almost a year after Britain announced its recognition of a Palestinian state
01:14saying it had a responsibility to support a peaceful future for both sides.
