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Miliband describes Israel as ‘homeland for the Jewish people’ during visit to Jerusalem
British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband (pictured) said during a visit to Israel that he is a supporter of “the homeland for the Jewish people”. Miliband began a three day visit to Israel and the West Bank on 10 April with a talk to students in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a visit to Israel’s Holocaust museum Yad Vashem.
The trip is one of Miliband’s first major foreign trips since being elected opposition leader in September 2010. While criticizing Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Miliband emphasized the importance of Israel’s security and referred to Israel as “the homeland for the Jewish people”.
He added: “This is not a theoretical idea for me, it is my family experience. That is how I think about it.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s demand that Israel be recognized as a Jewish state in a final status agreement with the Palestinians continues to be rejected by the Palestinian leadership. Miliband also spoke very strongly against an academic boycott of Israel, saying: “I don’t think boycotts are the solution to the complex problems Israeli and Palestinian people grapple with.”
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