‘Zionism is racism’ motion passed by Green party at annual conference
The motion passed 1,022-813 and makes the Greens the first major UK party to adopt an explicitly anti-Zionist policy.
- On Sunday, Green Party members will vote on an unprecedented motion to officially declare Zionism a form of racism, potentially becoming the first major British political party to adopt this policy.
- British-Palestinian activist Lubna Speitan submitted the motion, which attracted 745 co-proposers and calls for establishing a single democratic Palestinian state, claiming Zionism is a racist ideology that dehumanizes Palestinians.
- Fierce protests erupted outside the Brighton conference venue on Saturday, with pro-Israel demonstrators chanting "Terrorist supporters off our streets" while pro-Palestine activists held banners reading "Jews against Zionism."
- Former Green leader Caroline Lucas denounced the motion on Friday, warning it risked being "divisive," while former co-leader Adrian Ramsay vowed to oppose it, arguing Jewish environmentalists must remain welcome.
- Party leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish, has sought amendments to safeguard Jewish members from disciplinary action based on synagogue affiliations, though he objects to the party prescribing a single-state outcome.
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The Green England and Wales Party, at an annual conference, adopted a political resolution defining Zionism as a racist ideology and called for the establishment of a single Palestinian State, which, by majority vote, endorsed the document entitled "Sionism is racism" (1022 votes against 813). The party's new policy also demanded that Israel be replaced by a single Palestinian State "with equal rights for all", wrote Israel National News. Israel…
Green Party votes to recognise Zionism as racism in landmark motion
The Green Party has voted to recognise Zionism as a form of racism, formally making it the UK’s first high-profile anti-Zionist political party in a landmark conference vote. Green members voted 1,022 to 813 in favour of the anti-Zionism motion at the party’s annual conference in Brighton on Sunday, with just 10 spoiled ballots reported. […]
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