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Green Party Defines Zionism as Racism, Sparks Fury from Labour and Jewish Groups
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Firstpost•05-10-2026, 06:22
Green Party Defines Zionism as Racism, Sparks Fury from Labour and Jewish Groups
- •The UK Green Party voted to define Zionism as racism at its annual conference, drawing strong condemnation.
- •The motion passed with 1,022 votes in favor and 813 against, despite internal party divisions.
- •Israel's Foreign Ministry declared the resolution "a clear antisemitic text" and barred Green Party leader Zack Polanski from entering Israel.
- •Jewish community groups warned the motion would make the Green Party the first electorally significant UK party to adopt an "overtly antisemitic political platform."
- •The motion also supports the establishment of a "single democratic Palestinian State in all of historic Palestine," drawing criticism from Labour for opposing a two-state solution.
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Members of the UK Green party voted 1,022 to 813 at their annual conference to define Zionism as racism and support a single democratic Palestinian state.
Israel's foreign ministry condemned the text as antisemitic, prompting Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar to bar Green party leader Zack Polanski from entering Israel. President Isaac Herzog also publicly denounced the decision.
British Jewish groups including the Board of Deputies, Community Security Trust, and Jewish Leadership Council condemned the vote, alongside the ruling Labour Party and Minister Bridget Phillipson.
