UK Green Party Adopts Anti-Zionist Stance, Calls for Single Palestinian State

The UK's Green Party has passed a resolution classifying Zionism as a form of racism, a move that has ignited controversy and drawn sharp criticism from British Jewish groups and the Israeli government. The decision, made during the party's annual conference in Brighton, marks a significant departure for a major British political party.

The resolution, adopted by a vote of 1022 to 813, states that Zionism should be treated "like any other form of racism." Furthermore, the party officially supports the establishment of a single, democratic Palestinian state covering all of historic Palestine, advocating for equal rights for all inhabitants. This policy explicitly calls for "replacing Israel with a single Palestinian state with equal rights for all."

Zak Bolonsky, leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, responded to questions from the BBC about whether he considered Zionism racist and indicative of Palestinian displacement, stating, "I believe this is clear racism." The party's decision follows a proposal from a group within the party called "Greens for Palestine," which argued that Zionism "favors one ethnic group on the basis of subjugating other groups," clarifying that the condemnation targets "Zionist political ideology and practice," not individuals' religious or ethnic backgrounds.

In response to the vote, Israeli President Isaac Herzog described the Green Party's decision as a "disgrace," asserting on the X platform that "Zionism is the national liberation movement of the Jewish people and forms the basis for the Jewish people's right to establish a state and a national home in the Land of Israel."