UK Green Party Approves Motion Labeling Zionism as Racism

The UK Green Party has passed a motion declaring Zionism to be a form of racism, with 1,022 members voting in favor and 813 against. The proposal was authored by the British Palestinian activist, a British Palestinian activist. The British Palestinian activist stated she would be happy to be labeled an "antisemitic Hamas terrorist," comparing Hamas fighters to those who fought in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. She asserted that "every oppressed person has the right to resist," and that "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." The party also rejected amendments that would have protected Jewish members from reporting to the party if they visited Zionist-affiliated institutions like synagogues. Senior Green Party members warned that Jewish members would now feel intimidated and unwelcome. The party's Jewish chair, Zak Polanski, was absent from the vote, reportedly due to election campaigning. The British Palestinian activist has previously made controversial statements, including accusing Israel of holding Palestinians in "torture camps" and harvesting organs, and claiming the Holocaust is used to justify Palestinian oppression. She has also alleged that definitions of antisemitism are used to silence criticism of Israel. The Green Party announced last week that it is launching an internal investigation into the British Palestinian activist, following revelations that in 2015 she offered to testify for an al-Qaeda terrorist who planned a suicide bombing. A party spokesperson stated that the British Palestinian activist holds no official position and the investigation concerns members whose views conflict with party values.