‘Zionism is racism’ motion passed by Green party at annual conference
Members voted 1,022 to 813 to make anti-Zionism official party policy, deepening divisions with senior figures and Jewish groups.
- On Sunday, Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs barred Green Party leader Zack Polanski from entering the country after Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar announced the decision following the party's resolution equating Zionism with racism.
- The Green Party adopted a resolution equating Zionism with racism, supporting a single democratic Palestinian State in all of historic Palestine and calling for a state from the river to the sea.
- Members in Brighton backed the motion with 1,022 votes in favour and 813 against, while Polanski did not participate, having left the conference to campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
- The Board of Deputies of British Jews labeled the Greens "an extremist party," while Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the resolution "constitutes a clear antisemitic text according to the IHRA definition."
- Asked if Zionists would be expelled, former councillor Salma Yaqoob stated "absolutely not," as a Green Party spokesperson confirmed the motion does not have a "material impact on governance or disciplinary procedures.
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