{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68359028e1abc4be6b032cd1/6aa00242fe3b7e34fd712eb0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Ed Miliband is taking on Israel","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68359028e1abc4be6b032cd1/1788871031043-7da54e39-af17-4ffe-a6cd-20478f1323cc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Ed Miliband has made his first major intervention as Foreign Secretary, with Britain set to announce a trade ban on Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The move comes amid increasingly strained relations between London and Jerusalem – and marks Andy Burnham’s first big foreign policy fight.</p><p>Oscar Edmondson is joined by James Heale and Michael Stephens to discuss whether the sanctions will have any real effect, how far UK–Israel relations have deteriorated and whether Labour is simply moving with public opinion.</p><p>Produced by Oscar Edmondson.</p>","author_name":"The Spectator"}