UK to lay out 'measures' against Israel over West Bank settlements

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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband says London will not allow 'destruction' of two-state solution The UK government has said it will announce "measures" against Israel over new settlement construction east of Jerusalem that would effectively cut the occupied West Bank in two. In a statement on Wednesday, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband warned that the project – tenders for which were opened this week – poses a threat to a two-state solution in the region. Miliband indicated that he made it clear to the