Ed Miliband has defended his criticism of Israel during last summer’s Gaza conflict, saying he was right to describe the military action as “wrong and unjustifiable”.
In an interview with the JC to be published on Thursday, Mr Miliband said he was committed to obtaining “security for Israel and a viable and secure Palestinian state”.
As Prime Minister he would do “everything possible” to get Israeli and Palestinian leaders to engage and restart peace talks, he said.
It was right, Mr Miliband argued, to have used the language he had in response to the IDF operation in Gaza last July and August.
