Political Picture · international

Filed by Deacon Rift

International law, European action and UK public opinion point the same way. Britain should stop helping to sustain Israeli settlements economicallyIn the Commons this week, the foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, appeared to have accepted the principle of a trade ban between the UK and Israeli settlements, which Britain says are illegal under international law. This is long overdue. The test now is whether his promised “comprehensive reset” deserves the name. Stopping settlement-produced goods at t