Evidence

Web searches consistently show that the statement described in the claim — accusing Israeli settlers of committing abuses ('ethnic cleansing') against Palestinians and accusing the Israeli government of tur'blind eye' tolerance of that violence — was made by British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, in of David Miliband. Multiple outlets (Times of Israel, Al Jazeera-adype-covered reounding coverage, Shafaqna, Yerepouni News) report thatEd Miliband delivered a parliamentary statement and speech (around September 2026) announcing UK sanctions on West Bank settlement goods and accusing 'settler terrorists' of carrying out ethnic cleansing with the Israeli government's tacit approval. David Miliband, Ed's brother, served as UK Foreign Secretary from 2007 to 2010 but no search results attribute this specific 2026 statement, or any recent statement matching this description, to him. No Reuters, AFP, Bellingcat, or EUvsDisinfo fact-check specifically addressing this misattribution was found in the search results, though the substance of the underlying event (Miliband's West Bank settler/ethnic cleansing statement) is well documented across multiple news outlets under Ed Miliband's name, not David's.