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Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Richard Fuller calls sanctioning Israel before the country’s elections in October ‘gesture politics’ and urges Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to explain why they ignored Jonathan Powell’s advice. Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We oppose illegal settlements just as much as the government does.
00:03Illegal settlements on the West Bank.
00:06We think that's wrong.
00:07We should do everything about that legally to see that we should.
00:11But this is gesture politics.
00:12Gesture politics.
00:13And it's not surprising if the reports are true.
00:17For someone who's dispassionate about politics but very clear about what is the right thing to do,
00:22has given that advice to the Prime Minister.
00:24And it's obviously up to Mr. Burnham to explain why he ignored it.
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