‘Zionism is racism’ motion passed by Green party at annual conference
The motion passed 1,022 to 813 and drew backlash from Jewish groups and the Israeli government, which barred Zack Polanski from entering Israel.
- On Sunday, Green Party members voted 1,022 to 813 at the Brighton annual conference to formally define Zionism as a form of racism, making the Greens the first mainstream UK party to adopt such a policy.
- British-Palestinian activist Lubna Speitan proposed the motion, which calls for replacing Israel with a single democratic Palestinian state and defines Zionism as an ethnonationalist ideology affirming Palestinians' right to resistance.
- Senior figures including former leader Caroline Lucas and MP Adrian Ramsay opposed the measure, warning it could be 'divisive.' Green Party leader Zack Polanski skipped the vote while campaigning for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
- Israel's government condemned the decision, with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar barring Polanski from entering the country. Jewish community leaders warned the policy creates an antisemitic platform and threatens British Jews' welfare.
- While supporters argue the move 'shifts the paradigm' on Palestinian liberation, critics fear the decision isolates the party from mainstream politics. The Greens face intense scrutiny as the policy takes effect.
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What’s Shameful Is That No Party Before The Greens Called Zionism Racist
Jonathan Cook Substack [First published by Middle East Eye] It is not shameful that the Green Party adopted a motion equating Zionism with racism at its annual party conference at the weekend. What’s shameful is that no mainstream British political party did so earlier. We are now three years into Britain’s active complicity in Israel’s genocidal rampage through Gaza, one […]
Green MP speaks of regret over Zionism motion
The Green MP for Brighton Pavilion has spoken of her regret over a motion that said “Zionism is racism” and which was passed at the party conference in Brighton last weekend. Siân Berry urged members to stick with the party after the row about the motion and the by-election defeat for Green leader Zack Polanski […]
The British Greens were considered hip. Then they decided: Zionism was racism. The result: a lost by-election and a divided party.
Greens’ anti-Zionist policy triggers right-wing firestorm in UK and internationally
Polanski now faces the same type of witch-hunt that greeted Corbyn's mealy-mouthed opposition to Zionism. He will be no less ready to capitulate to his critics, and based on past performance, perhaps more so.
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