(Guardian-UK) Peter Beaumont - Ed Miliband, the first Jewish leader of the Labour party, is visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories as part of a three-day visit. At the Hebrew University in Jerusalem he talked of first visiting his grandmother in Israel as a seven-year-old and spoke of his gratitude to the country for providing a sanctuary for her. "For me, Israel is the homeland for the Jewish people, and the reason I put it in those terms is because it is not just a theoretical idea for me, it's my family's experience."
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