UK Foreign Secretary Miliband on Israel
UK Foreign Secretary Miliband drew a line between the people and the policy. He said the UK's argument isn't with Israel's citizens, noting unshakable bonds exist there. Instead, the dispute is strictly about the conduct of Israel's government. The statement separates a nation's population from its administration.
Transcript (en)
An approach that not only calls out injustice and suffering, but acts. And in taking this stance, I make a very clear distinction, which is crucial for us all in this debate. Our argument is not with the people of Israel, with whom the UK has unshakable bonds. Our argument is with the conduct of its government. And I also want to say emphatically to people in Britain and indeed across the world,
