Ed Miliband to acknowledge Labour’s former stance on Palestine fell short
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to tell Labour conference campaigners and party members who raised the plight of Palestinians that the party’s previous approach was insufficient. He will also say the government is responding to calls from millions of people by imposing sanctions on Israeli settlements and pursuing a more explicitly progressive foreign policy.
Ed Miliband will tell the Labour party conference that campaigners and party members who raised the plight of Palestinians were right to argue that the party’s approach had not been enough.
The foreign secretary will say the government is heeding calls from millions of people by imposing sanctions on Israeli settlements.
He will also argue that the government will adopt more explicitly progressive foreign policy positions under Andy Burnham and that the UK will lead like-minded countries in a new age of diplomacy.
In his speech, Miliband is expected to say: “We are not here to accept the status quo but to change it.”
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