Shea Levin — text status

*UK ANNOUNCES SWEEPING MEASURES AGAINST ISRAEL:* Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced a ban on imports from Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria, sanctions on those facilitating settlement expansion, and additional restrictions on arms exports, while accusing Israeli settlers of “ethnic cleansing.” Miliband also stressed he is “proud of my Jewishness and unwavering in my support for the State of Israel,” defended Israel’s right to exist and defend itself, condemned antisemitism and rejected BDS. He separately announced sanctions on Hezbollah’s financing arm and major economic sanctions on Iran, while joining efforts to refer Tehran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear violatio