British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband accused "settler terrorists" of "ethnic cleansing" in areas of the West Bank and said the UK was bringing in an "import ban on goods from illegal settlements." Israel closed the British consulate in Jerusalem in response.

The United Kingdom has banned trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, where it says “settler terrorists” are carrying out “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said that the measures were “specifically targeted at the expansion of these settlements, which are illegal under international law, in the West…