UK Green Party Faces Internal Revolt Over 'Zionism is Racism' Policy
Summarized from The Jerusalem Post by baba
The UK Green Party has adopted a "Zionism is racism" policy, passing the motion at its conference by a vote of 1,022 to 813. This decision has led to condemnations from UK politicians and Jewish groups, with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar banning Green Party leader Zack Polanski from entering Israel. Several prominent members, including Amnesty International UK chair Sandy Ruthven and Jewish Greens chair Vivien Lichtenstein, have resigned or are considering resignation. The European Greens have also distanced themselves from the UK party's stance.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- UK Green Party adopted a "Zionism is racism" policy, passing the motion 1,022 to 813.
- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar banned Green Party leader Zack Polanski from entering Israel.
- Senior members like Sandy Ruthven and Julian Mellor resigned from the party over the vote.
- The European Greens distanced themselves from the UK party's controversial anti-Zionist motion.
- The vote represented less than 1% of the Green Party's 230,000 members.
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