‘Disturbing Inversion of Values’: CAM Denounces UK Green Party’s ‘Zionism Is Racism’ Resolution
Members approved the motion by 1,022 votes to 813, and Jewish Greens chair Vivien Lichtenstein said she may leave the party.
- On Sunday, the Green Party of England and Wales adopted a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism by 1,022 votes to 813 at its Brighton conference, with party members chanting 'Say it loud, say it clear: Zionists are not welcome here.'
- Zionism emerged in the late 19th century as a political ideology to create a Jewish homeland amid European persecution; the UN General Assembly passed a similar resolution in 1975 before the U.S. under President George HW Bush revoked it in December 1991 with 111 countries voting for revocation.
- The motion defines Zionism as ideology supporting 'an ethnonationalist Jewish state' while calling for a single democratic Palestinian state throughout historic Palestine; Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish, sought amendments adding protections for Jewish members, but both amendments were defeated.
- Israel banned party leader Polanski from the country on Monday, one day before his by-election campaign in London, while chair of Jewish Greens Vivien Lichtenstein told the BBC it is 'quite possible' she will leave the party.
- The motion could result in Zionist party members facing discipline under party rules, while the Movement for Progressive Judaism condemned it as 'antisemitic in its formulation and intention,' exposing divisions within the party and among Jewish organizations.
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Andy Burnham's No10 hits out at 'shameful' Green vote labelling Zionism as racism
Downing Street has hit out at the Green Party's "Zionism is racism" vote, blasting the decision as "shameful".Zack Polanski's party voted in favour of the motion at the party’s 2026 conference in Brighton yesterday afternoon.The vote was passed by 1,022 votes to 813 and was adopted without substantive amendment.It defines Zionism as an "ethnonationalist political project" and states opposition to Zionism, the belief in Jewish self-determination …
It defines Zionism as a form of racism and calls for the creation of a single, new state in Palestine: it is a problem for the leader Zack Polanski
Jews in U.K. Greens weigh costs of 'Zionism is Racism' motion
The controversial policy has exposed divisions within the Greens, with even anti-Zionist members questioning its implications for Jewish membership and whether an ideological victory could become an electoral liability
‘Disturbing Inversion of Values’: CAM Denounces UK Green Party’s ‘Zionism Is Racism’ Resolution
LONDON (VINnews) — Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Executive Director of European Affairs Shannon Seban issued the following statement on Sunday in response to the adoption by the Green Party of England and Wales of a resolution equating Zionism with racism: “What happened today in the United Kingdom should alarm anyone who genuinely claims to stand […]
The Greens’ ‘Zionism is racism’ motion blows any chance of a coalition with Labour
Green leader Zack Polanski has said his party could ally itself with an Andy Burnham-led Labour. Kate Devlin explains why what happened at the party’s conference over the weekend makes that far less likely
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