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No safety for Israel without safety for Palestinians, UK foreign secretary David Cameron says

In his first full interview since becoming UK foreign secretary, David Cameron told the BBC that Israel will not be secure until there is "long-term safety, security and stability" for Palestinians.

Cameron, who was speaking from Ramallah, said that Israel needs to realise "it must act in a way that delivers its long-term security", which depends on "Palestinians living in peace and stability and security in this land at the same time".

He added that Israeli forces must abide by international humanitarian law, and Israel must crack down on the rising settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

"People are actually targeting and on occasion killing Palestinian civilians, it's completely unacceptable and those people responsible for that, it's not good enough just to arrest them, they need to be arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned. These are crimes."

You can watch the full interview on BBC here.