By GB News (World News) | Created at 2026-09-08 14:21:02 | Updated at 2026-09-08 16:01:13
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A potential trade war is looming between the UK and the United States as the Government has been slammed by one of Donald Trump's ambassadors.
Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, accused Andy Burnham's Government of "Jew hate" in a post on social media over the weekend after it announced it was preparing to sanction the West Bank.
Speaking to the BBC today, Mr Huckabee doubled-down on his comments, even after being told Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband was Jewish himself.
He said he was aware of Mr Miliband's faith, but continued: "There are some of Americans who don’t like America very much. They march in the streets and burn our flag, doesn’t mean they love America just because they live there.
"You go by what people do, not just by what they say or who they’re related to."
He continued: "I feel like it's a discrimination against the Israeli Government. It is a discrimination against the Jewish people and I don't understand the rationale of it.
"It's like throwing a stone and not having an idea of where it's going to land. The UK is a sovereign country, they can do what they want, but so is the US."
Mr Miliband announced today the UK would ban the import of goods from illegal settlements and prohibit their advertising.
Mr Huckabee doubled-down on his comments, even after being told Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband was Jewish himself
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Speaking from the Commons, he also said further action would be taken on services linked to settlement expansion, as well as on settler violence.
The Foreign Secretary declared the Government agrees ethnic cleansing of Palestinians is taking place in parts of the West Bank, carried out by "settler terrorists".
The Israeli Government, Mr Miliband continued, had "all too often... has turned a blind eye to this".
He acknowledged the gravity of his remarks, but said such language was "the least the people who face such suffering deserve".
Ed Miliband announced a string of sanctions against Israeli settlements in the Commons today
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The announcements were denounced by the Conservatives, with Shadow Foreign Secretary Tom Tugendhat, arguing the sanctions would harm innocent people.
He said: "The economies of Palestine and Israel are too interconnected, so innocent Palestinians and Israelis will suffer."
Mr Tugendhat continued, saying the sanctions would "risk a further rise in antisemitic violence on our own streets".
Mr Miliband did give recognition to the October 7 attacks during his speech in the Commons.
He said: "October 7 makes plain the grave threats that Israel faces, and it has every right to defend itself.
"We should not only condemn those threats, but act against those who carry them out, Iran continues to threaten Israel and Jews across the world."
He continued: "I am proud of my Jewishness and unwavering in my support for the state of Israel and there is absolutely no contradiction between this and my support for the state of Palestine."
The US Government is drafting a statement about Britain's Israeli settler sanctions.
It is understood the US State Department will condemn the sanctions in the statement, which is due to be released later today, the Telegraph reports.
The statement is expected to echo the sentiment of US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who described the sanctions as "discrimination".
It could possibly include threats of retaliation.
