Home Middle East Live Issued on: 08/09/2026 - 17:10Modified: 08/09/2026 - 17:14 Israeli soldiers arrive in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which has faced escalating Israeli settler violence over the past month, on August 29, 2026. © Jaafar Ashtiyeh AFP British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband accused the Israeli government on Tuesday of turning a "blind eye" to what he called "ethnic cleansing" by settlers in the West Bank as the UK joined France and ten other countries in banning imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied territory. The decision comes amid rising violence over settlement expansion. Follow our liveblog for the latest. (FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters) Keywords for this article
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