 In June 2014 , while speaking to the Labour Friends of Israel , Miliband stated that if he became Prime Minister he would seek " closer ties " with Israel and opposed the boycott of Israeli goods , saying that he would " resolutely oppose the isolation of Israel " and that nobody in the Labour Party should question Israel 's right to exist . He also stated that as a Jew and a friend of Israel , he must also criticise Israel when necessary , opposing the " killing of innocent Palestinian civilians " and calling Hamas a terrorist organisation . 
