Green Party of England and Wales adopts motion declaring Zionism is racism
Members of the Green Party of England and Wales voted on Sunday at the party's conference in Brighton to adopt a motion declaring that Zionism is racism. According to The Guardian, the policy also calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state. BBC News reported that Zack Polanski had been banned from Israel after the vote, which it said had caused divisions among senior party figures.
Key facts
The motion defines Zionism as "an ethnonationalist Jewish state," according to Newsweek.2
Vivien Lichtenstein, head of the Jewish Greens, said she may leave the party and that she believes the motion is unhelpful.1
Lichtenstein said opinion among Jewish members of the party was split on the motion.1
How it was covered
- Left
- Left-leaning outlets focused on reaction from Jewish party members, including the Jewish Greens head's possible departure, and Polanski's absence from the vote.
- Right
- Right-leaning outlets described the vote as part of the party's shift towards Islamic interests and away from its former environmental focus.
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