The leader of the United Kingdom's Labour Party, Ed Miliband, in a speech on Tuesday explained that he supported overnight action against Islamic State (IS) and supported a two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester, the leader of the opposition opened his speech by talking about Alan Henning, the British aid worker - a native of nearby Salford - taken hostage by IS.
Mr Miliband said that "one of the biggest problems our world faces" were issues in the Middle East and Israel and Palestine. On the Israel-Palestine conflict Mr Miliband announced that he will "I will fight with every fibre of my being to get the two state solution, two states for two people, Israel and a Palestinian state living side by side."
On countering the Islamic State, Mr Miliband explained that "we supported a coalition, not simply based on military action but a coalition based on humanitarian, political and diplomatic action to counter the threat of Isil."
He also said that the Labour Party "support the overnight action against Isil, what needs to happen now is that the UN needs to play its part. A UN Security Council resolution to win the international support to counter that threat of Isil."
Speaking on the Scotland independence referendum, Mr Miliband acknowledged the 45% yes vote saying, "a country that nearly splits apart is not a country in good health."
See here for Ed Miliband's speech in full.