Miliband says UK had to ‘call out’ Israeli West Bank settlements

Judith Moritz and Daniel Wittenberg
Special correspondent and senior producer

Undated family handout photo of (left to right) of Lucy, Rina and Maia DeePA Media

A British-Israeli rabbi, whose wife and two daughters were killed by Palestinian militants in the West Bank, has criticised the UK’s sanctions on Israeli settlements as “singling out Jewish Israelis”.

Rabbi Leo Dee, who now lives in the West Bank settlement of Efrat, was born in London. His wife, Lucy, and daughters, Maia and Rina, were shot dead as they drove through the Jordan Valley in 2023.

He has written an open letter to the prime minister, accusing the government of “hypocrisy” for imposing sanctions on Israeli settlements while not sanctioning the Palestinian

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