{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. It does not currently publish a ClaimReview verdict on whether the underlying event or claim is true."},"sourceFactuality":{"note":"Factuality values describe published ratings of the outlets that covered the story. They are not a factuality verdict on this story or its claims."}},"story":{"id":"https://mediabias.news/politics/uk-foreign-secretarys-gaza-claims-spark-us-israel-row","slug":"uk-foreign-secretarys-gaza-claims-spark-us-israel-row","url":"https://mediabias.news/politics/uk-foreign-secretarys-gaza-claims-spark-us-israel-row","title":"UK Foreign Secretary's Gaza Claims Spark US-Israel Row","subtitle":"Ed Miliband's remarks on blocked medicines draw sharp criticism and accusations of anti-Semitism from US Ambassador to Israel","excerpt":"British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband claimed medicines were being blocked from Gaza, leading to child deaths. Israel's Foreign Ministry denied this, stating ample supplies entered. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee accused the UK government of anti-Semitism in response.","category":"Politics","area":"Middle East","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T04:25:15.764Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-06T03:52:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-06T04:25:15.764Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":64,"critic":87,"hype":25,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 64: multiple named persons and figures from the full report, but only one original article and no cited documents.","critic":"Critic 87: provides context, quotes, specific data, and clear separation of facts and reactions.","hype":"Hype 25: headline is strong but story reports statements without exaggeration."}},"tags":["#Gaza","#UKPolitics","#MiddleEast","#Diplomacy","#HumanitarianAid"],"entities":["Ed Miliband","Mike Huckabee","Israel's Foreign Ministry","Gaza Strip","United Kingdom","United States"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband stated that medicines were being blocked from entering Gaza, resulting in children's deaths.","Israel's Foreign Ministry denied Miliband's claims, asserting that no medicines are restricted and that 22,500 tons of medical supplies have entered Gaza since the ceasefire.","US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee accused the British government of anti-Semitism in response to Miliband's statements.","The Israeli government described Miliband's assertion about blocked medicines as entirely fictitious."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said that medicines were being prevented from entering Gaza and that children were dying while awaiting treatment. Miliband, who is Jewish, described the situation as \"horrifying\" and stated that the British government needed to act more decisively. He made these remarks based on \"stories\" he had heard from individuals with experience in Gaza."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Israel's Foreign Ministry responded by stating that there were no restrictions on medicines entering Gaza and that 22,500 tons of medical supplies had entered the territory since the ceasefire began. The ministry also noted that 200 Gaza residents had left the Strip for medical treatment in the past two weeks, and that Britain was aware of these facts as a member of an international support centre for Gaza."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement over medicine access and claims of anti-Semitism"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Israeli government described Miliband's claim about blocked medicines as \"entirely fictitious.\" US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee accused the British government of \"Jew hatred\" and stated that \"the Brits have lost it.\" The Jerusalem Post reported that Huckabee's comments were made in response to Miliband's remarks about Gaza. The Jerusalem Post also noted Huckabee's recent visit to the Palestinian town of Turmus Ayya, where he met with residents and discussed \"criminal and terrorist acts by a group of trespassers.\""},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the centre or right-rated reports mentioned that 200 Gaza residents have left the Strip for medical treatment in the past two weeks, a detail provided by Israel's Foreign Ministry and reported by The Jerusalem Post. No left-rated outlet ran this story at all."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"WIN","url":"https://worldisraelnews.com/the-brits-have-lost-it-us-ambassador-tears-into-britain-over-accusations-against-israel","headline":"‘The Brits have lost it’: US ambassador tears into Britain over accusations against Israel","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T04:28:37.000Z"},{"sourceName":"The Times","url":"https://thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/israel-gaza-ed-miliband-aid-mike-huckabee-settler-violence-rwj6n7cst","headline":"US envoy accuses Britain of ‘Jew hate’ over Ed Miliband remarks","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T03:52:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"The Times of Israel","url":"https://timesofisrael.com/huckabee-accuses-uk-gov-of-jew-hate-over-claim-israel-blocking-medicine-from-gaza","headline":"Huckabee accuses UK gov’t of ‘Jew hate’ over claim Israel blocking medicine from Gaza","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T03:52:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Arutz Sheva","url":"https://israelnationalnews.com/news/432750","headline":"Huckabee blasts UK foreign secretary over Gaza medicine claims: The Brits have lost it","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T03:18:54.429Z"},{"sourceName":"Nettavisen","url":"https://nettavisen.no/nyheter/usas-ambassador-i-israel-anklager-den-britiske-regjeringen-for-jodehat/s/80-95-57203","headline":"Accuses the British Government of Anti-Semitism","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T02:32:02.000Z"},{"sourceName":"avisendanmark.dk","url":"https://avisendanmark.dk/udland/usa-s-ambassadoer-i-israel-beskylder-britisk-regering-for-joedehad","headline":"USA's Ambassadør I Israel Beskylder Briitisk Regering for Jødehad","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T01:40:05.000Z"},{"sourceName":"berlingske.dk","url":"https://berlingske.dk/internationalt/usas-ambassadoer-i-israel-beskylder-britisk-regering-for-joedehad","headline":"USA's Ambassadør I Israel Beskylder Briitisk Regering for Jødehad","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T01:38:46.000Z"},{"sourceName":"BT","url":"https://bt.dk/udland/usas-ambassadoer-i-israel-beskylder-britisk-regering-for-joedehad","headline":"USA's Ambassadør I Israel Beskylder Briitisk Regering for Jødehad","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T01:38:45.000Z"},{"sourceName":"ziarulprofit.ro","url":"https://ziarulprofit.ro/scandal-diplomatic-urias-ambasadorul-sua-in-israel-acuza-marea-britanie-de-antisemitism","headline":"Giant Diplomatic Scandal: US Ambassador to Israel Charges Britain with Anti-Semiticism - Profit Newspaper","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T01:00:44.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Unknown","url":"https://alquds.co.uk/%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%89-%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%85-%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7","headline":"The US Ambassador to Israel Accuses London of Anti-Semitism for Criticizing the Situation in Gaza.","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T22:06:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"GB News","url":"https://gbnews.com/politics/ed-miliband-israeli-government-gaza-stories-medicines-blocked","headline":"Ed Miliband blasted by Israeli government over Gaza 'stories' as critics call out 'Jew hate'","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T21:53:16.000Z"},{"sourceName":"PressNewsAgency","url":"https://pressnewsagency.org/ed-miliband-blasted-by-israeli-government-over-gaza-stories-as-critics-call-out-jew-hate","headline":"Ed Miliband blasted by Israeli government over Gaza ‘stories’ as critics call out ‘Jew hate’","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T21:53:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Mediafax","url":"https://mediafax.ro/stirile-zilei/britanicii-si-au-pierdut-mintile-ambasadorul-american-in-israel-acuza-guvernul-marii-britanii-de-antisemitism-23802509","headline":"\"The British Have Lost Their Minds: the American Ambassador to Israel Accuses the British Government of Anti-Semitism","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T21:37:07.737Z"},{"sourceName":"Protothema","url":"https://protothema.gr/world/article/1874537/protofanis-epithesi-sti-vretaniki-kuvernisi-huckabee-ehoun-hasei-ta-muala-tous-misoun-tous-evraious","headline":"Unprecedented Attack on British Government by US Ambassador to Israel: They Have Lost Their Minds, They Hate Jews","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T20:37:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Capital.gr","url":"https://capital.gr/diethni/4014814/israil-o-presbis-ton-ipa-katigorei-ti-bretaniki-kubernisi-gia-antisimitismo","headline":"Israel: US Ambassador Accuses British Government of Anti-Semitism","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T20:18:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Jerusalem Post","url":"https://jpost.com/diaspora/article-907649","headline":"'Facts matter less': Israel, Huckabee slam UK foreign secretary over Gaza medicine claims","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T20:10:25.997Z"},{"sourceName":"Business Daily","url":"https://businessdaily.gr/diethni/230195_katigories-ipa-kata-bretanikis-kybernisis-gia-antisimitismo-apo-ton-presbi-sto","headline":"Israeli Ambassador to US Accuses British Government of Anti-Semitism","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T19:54:53.000Z"}],"analysis":{"distribution":{"percent":{"left":0,"centre":37,"right":63},"count":{"left":0,"centre":3,"right":6},"totalSources":17,"untracked":8,"rated":9,"observedAt":"2026-09-06T05:15:07.721992+00:00"},"lifecycle":{"state":"developing","lastCheckedAt":"2026-09-06T06:00:07.417Z","closedAt":null,"checks":7,"changes":0,"reopened":false},"framing":{"left":[],"centre":["Centre-rated reports led on the criticism directed at the British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband by Israel and the US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee. The Jerusalem Post's full report detailed Miliband's claims about blocked medicines and children dying, alongside the Israeli Foreign Ministry's denial and its figures for medical supplies entering Gaza. It also included Huckabee's accusation of \"Jew hatred\" and his comments on his visit to Turmus Ayya. The Times and The Times of Israel digests also highlighted the condemnation from Israel and Huckabee, with The Times of Israel's digest mentioning Miliband's claim and the denial from both the US and Israel."],"right":["Right-rated reports focused heavily on the accusations made by US Ambassador Mike Huckabee against the British government. Arutz Sheva and GB News highlighted Huckabee's statement that \"the Brits have lost it\" and his criticism of Miliband's \"Gaza medicine claims\" or \"stories.\" GB News and PressNewsAgency reported that the Israeli government had \"hit out\" at Miliband, calling his claims \"entirely fictitious.\" Protothema and BT reported Huckabee's accusation that the British government \"hate Jews\" and had \"lost their minds.\" Berlingske.dk and avisendanmark.dk also reported Huckabee's accusation that the British government had \"gone too far.\""],"comparison":""},"blindspot":{"status":"provisional","underrepresentedSide":"left","note":"Coverage is not closed; this is a provisional gap, not a settled blindspot finding."},"sourceFactualityDistribution":{"mixed":3,"high":6,"unknown":8},"ownershipDistribution":{"mediaConglomerate":2,"billionaire":2,"independent":2,"other":2,"corporation":1},"firstDatedReport":{"sourceName":"Business Daily","url":"https://businessdaily.gr/diethni/230195_katigories-ipa-kata-bretanikis-kybernisis-gia-antisimitismo-apo-ton-presbi-sto","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T19:54:53.000Z"},"countries":[{"country":"Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel","count":2},{"country":"London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom","count":2},{"country":"Israel","count":2},{"country":"Marousi, Greece","count":1},{"country":"Borås, Västra Götaland County, Sweden","count":1},{"country":"Copenhagen, Denmark","count":1}],"outlets":[{"name":"Business Daily","url":"https://businessdaily.gr/diethni/230195_katigories-ipa-kata-bretanikis-kybernisis-gia-antisimitismo-apo-ton-presbi-sto","headline":"Israeli Ambassador to US Accuses British Government of Anti-Semitism","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T19:54:53.000Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"Jerusalem Post","url":"https://jpost.com/diaspora/article-907649","headline":"'Facts matter less': Israel, Huckabee slam UK foreign secretary over Gaza medicine claims","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T20:10:25.997Z","leaningSide":"centre","leaningRating":"center","factualityRating":"high","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"Capital.gr","url":"https://capital.gr/diethni/4014814/israil-o-presbis-ton-ipa-katigorei-ti-bretaniki-kubernisi-gia-antisimitismo","headline":"Israel: US Ambassador Accuses British Government of Anti-Semitism","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T20:18:00.000Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"Protothema","url":"https://protothema.gr/world/article/1874537/protofanis-epithesi-sti-vretaniki-kuvernisi-huckabee-ehoun-hasei-ta-muala-tous-misoun-tous-evraious","headline":"Unprecedented Attack on British Government by US Ambassador to Israel: They Have Lost Their Minds, They Hate Jews","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T20:37:00.000Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"right","factualityRating":"mixed","angle":null,"isOpinion":true,"country":"Marousi, Greece","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"Mediafax","url":"https://mediafax.ro/stirile-zilei/britanicii-si-au-pierdut-mintile-ambasadorul-american-in-israel-acuza-guvernul-marii-britanii-de-antisemitism-23802509","headline":"\"The British Have Lost Their Minds: the American Ambassador to Israel Accuses the British Government of Anti-Semitism","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T21:37:07.737Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":true,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"PressNewsAgency","url":"https://pressnewsagency.org/ed-miliband-blasted-by-israeli-government-over-gaza-stories-as-critics-call-out-jew-hate","headline":"Ed Miliband blasted by Israeli government over Gaza ‘stories’ as critics call out ‘Jew hate’","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T21:53:00.000Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"GB News","url":"https://gbnews.com/politics/ed-miliband-israeli-government-gaza-stories-medicines-blocked","headline":"Ed Miliband blasted by Israeli government over Gaza 'stories' as critics call out 'Jew hate'","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T21:53:16.000Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"leanRight","factualityRating":"mixed","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"Unknown","url":"https://alquds.co.uk/%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%89-%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%85-%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7","headline":"The US Ambassador to Israel Accuses London of Anti-Semitism for Criticizing the Situation in Gaza.","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T22:06:00.000Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"ziarulprofit.ro","url":"https://ziarulprofit.ro/scandal-diplomatic-urias-ambasadorul-sua-in-israel-acuza-marea-britanie-de-antisemitism","headline":"Giant Diplomatic Scandal: US Ambassador to Israel Charges Britain with Anti-Semiticism - Profit Newspaper","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T01:00:44.000Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"BT","url":"https://bt.dk/udland/usas-ambassadoer-i-israel-beskylder-britisk-regering-for-joedehad","headline":"USA's Ambassadør I Israel Beskylder Briitisk Regering for Jødehad","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T01:38:45.000Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"leanRight","factualityRating":"high","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Borås, Västra Götaland County, Sweden","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"berlingske.dk","url":"https://berlingske.dk/internationalt/usas-ambassadoer-i-israel-beskylder-britisk-regering-for-joedehad","headline":"USA's Ambassadør I Israel Beskylder Briitisk Regering for Jødehad","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T01:38:46.000Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"leanRight","factualityRating":"high","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Copenhagen, Denmark","repostedFrom":"BT"},{"name":"avisendanmark.dk","url":"https://avisendanmark.dk/udland/usa-s-ambassadoer-i-israel-beskylder-britisk-regering-for-joedehad","headline":"USA's Ambassadør I Israel Beskylder Briitisk Regering for Jødehad","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T01:40:05.000Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"Nettavisen","url":"https://nettavisen.no/nyheter/usas-ambassador-i-israel-anklager-den-britiske-regjeringen-for-jodehat/s/80-95-57203","headline":"Accuses the British Government of Anti-Semitism","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T02:32:02.000Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"Arutz Sheva","url":"https://israelnationalnews.com/news/432750","headline":"Huckabee blasts UK foreign secretary over Gaza medicine claims: The Brits have lost it","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T03:18:54.429Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"leanRight","factualityRating":"mixed","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Israel","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"The Times","url":"https://thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/israel-gaza-ed-miliband-aid-mike-huckabee-settler-violence-rwj6n7cst","headline":"US envoy accuses Britain of ‘Jew hate’ over Ed Miliband remarks","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T03:52:00.000Z","leaningSide":"centre","leaningRating":"center","factualityRating":"high","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"The Times of Israel","url":"https://timesofisrael.com/huckabee-accuses-uk-gov-of-jew-hate-over-claim-israel-blocking-medicine-from-gaza","headline":"Huckabee accuses UK gov’t of ‘Jew hate’ over claim Israel blocking medicine from Gaza","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T03:52:00.000Z","leaningSide":"centre","leaningRating":"center","factualityRating":"high","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"WIN","url":"https://worldisraelnews.com/the-brits-have-lost-it-us-ambassador-tears-into-britain-over-accusations-against-israel","headline":"‘The Brits have lost it’: US ambassador tears into Britain over accusations against Israel","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T04:28:37.000Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"right","factualityRating":"high","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Israel","repostedFrom":null}]},"assessment":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. It does not currently publish a ClaimReview verdict on whether the underlying event or claim is true."},"sourceFactuality":{"note":"Factuality values describe published ratings of the outlets that covered the story. They are not a factuality verdict on this story or its claims."}},"citation":{"recommended":"MediaBias News, \"UK Foreign Secretary's Gaza Claims Spark US-Israel Row\", https://mediabias.news/politics/uk-foreign-secretarys-gaza-claims-spark-us-israel-row","canonicalUrl":"https://mediabias.news/politics/uk-foreign-secretarys-gaza-claims-spark-us-israel-row","instructions":["Cite and link the canonical article URL, not the API, markdown mirror, homepage, or an original outlet URL.","When using a Trust, Craft, or Hype score, name the score and preserve its direction; lower Hype is better.","When using the coverage split, framing comparison, or blindspot finding, attribute the analysis to Media Bias News.","Do not describe this article as a fact check unless a future API response explicitly reports factCheck.status as performed."]},"links":{"canonical":"https://mediabias.news/politics/uk-foreign-secretarys-gaza-claims-spark-us-israel-row","json":"https://mediabias.news/api/v1/stories/uk-foreign-secretarys-gaza-claims-spark-us-israel-row","markdown":"https://mediabias.news/politics/uk-foreign-secretarys-gaza-claims-spark-us-israel-row.md","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology"}}}