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UK Foreign Secretary's Gaza Claims Spark US-Israel Row

Ed Miliband's remarks on blocked medicines draw sharp criticism and accusations of anti-Semitism from US Ambassador to Israel

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UK Foreign Secretary's Gaza Claims Spark US-Israel Row

What this story says

  • 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.

Who covered it

Left 27%(7)Centre 19%(5)Right 54%(14)

Percentages are shares of the 26 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 13 of the 39 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

64/100

Craft

87/100

Hype

25/100

39 sources · methodology

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.

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.

Disagreement over medicine access and claims of anti-Semitism

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."

What the coverage left out

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.

Coverage settled. We checked this 105 times and stopped on 11 Sept 2026, 19:15. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

7 rated outlets

  • Both the Middle East Eye article and the palinfo.com digest reported that British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband described the Gaza humanitarian situation as horrific, citing accounts of children dying while waiting for life‑saving treatment and of medicines failing to reach patients. They each noted that these remarks triggered a sharp response from U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.
  • The Middle East Eye piece reproduced Huckabee’s X post, which called the British “lost it” and said “The Jew hate of their government knows no boundaries and knows no facts.” It also quoted Miliband’s call for the UK government to act more decisively and referenced his announcement of a forthcoming comprehensive sanctions package against Israeli settlement expansion.
  • The palinfo.com digest summarised Miliband’s testimony as “very awful,” noting that he relayed accounts of children dying while awaiting treatment and of medical supplies not reaching Gaza, and that Israel reacted angrily. The digest did not mention the sanctions package Miliband announced, which the Middle East Eye report included.

Centre

5 rated outlets

  • 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

14 rated outlets

  • 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."

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover UK Foreign Secretary's Gaza Claims Spark US-Israel Row?
Of the 26 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 27% are rated left, 19% are rated centre, 54% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 39. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is UK Foreign Secretary's Gaza Claims Spark US-Israel Row left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 26 rated outlets on this story, 27% are rated left, 19% are rated centre, 54% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of UK Foreign Secretary's Gaza Claims Spark US-Israel Row biased?
UK Foreign Secretary's Gaza Claims Spark US-Israel Row is one event reported by 39 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which outlets covered UK Foreign Secretary's Gaza Claims Spark US-Israel Row?
39 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband claim about Gaza?
Ed Miliband claimed that medicines were being blocked from entering Gaza and that children were dying while waiting for treatment. He described the situation as "horrifying" and based his statements on "stories" he had heard from people with experience in Gaza.
How did Israel respond to Miliband's claims?
Israel's Foreign Ministry denied Miliband's claims, stating that there were no restrictions on medicines entering Gaza and that 22,500 tons of medical supplies had entered since the ceasefire. The Israeli government also described Miliband's assertion about blocked medicines as "entirely fictitious."
What accusations were made against the British government?
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee accused the British government of anti-Semitism, stating that "the Brits have lost it" and that their "Jew hatred knows no bounds." The Israeli government also criticised Miliband's claims.
Did any outlets report on Gaza residents leaving for treatment?
Israel's Foreign Ministry stated that 200 Gaza residents had left the Strip for medical treatment in the past two weeks. This specific detail was reported by The Jerusalem Post but was not mentioned in the centre or right-rated reports analysed.

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