UK announces sanctions on Israeli settlements; Miliband targets goods, financing

British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced plans for an import ban on goods from illegal settlements in occupied Palestine and sanctions against companies that finance or facilitate settlement construction, infrastructure and marketing, according to The Guardian.

Miliband characterized settlers perpetrating actions in the occupied West Bank as "settler terrorists" engaged in ethnic cleansing, stating the Israeli government has turned a blind eye to the activity and some members have supported it.