Miliband is entitled to his view, but this is a very selective way of presenting an extremely complicated situation.
Israel has every right to exist and to protect its citizens from terrorism, and that context cannot simply be removed from the discussion.
The West Bank is disputed territory with competing historical, legal and national claims, and presenting the entire issue as a straightforward case of Israel deliberately carrying out “ethnic cleansing” is a serious oversimplification.
If individual settlers are attacking Palestinians, forcing people from their homes or committing crimes, they should be prosecuted. There is no justification for terrorism or violence against innocent civilians, regardless of whether the perpetrators are Palestinian or Israeli.
But we should also apply the same moral standard to Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups. Israel has faced decades of terrorism, rocket attacks, hostage-taking and, most recently, the deliberate massacre and kidnapping of Israeli civilians. Israel cannot reasonably be expected to ignore threats to its population while the international community focuses almost exclusively on Israeli actions.
And opposing settlement expansion is not the same as proving an Israeli policy of ethnic cleansing. That is an extraordinarily serious accusation and requires much more than pointing to the number of settlements approved.
You can criticise particular Israeli government policies, condemn extremist settlers and support Palestinian rights while still recognising that Israel is a legitimate state whose people have an equal right to security, self-determination and freedom from terrorism.
The answer isn't to demonise one side. It is to demand the same standards of justice and accountability from everyone.