The party also rejected an amendment intended to shield Jewish members from being targeted for attending Zionist institutions. The motion has drawn criticism from the Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies, while some long-term Jewish party members expressed distress. The Green Party already supports a total arms embargo on Israel and designates the Israel Defense Forces as a terror group.
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Israel Bars Green Party Leader Zack Polanski Over Zionism Vote
Geopolitics16 days ago
The Foreign Minister of Israel has formally blocked Zack Polanski from traveling to the country. This ban follows a laarge-scale meeting of the UK Green Party in Brighton, where members voted 1,022 to 813 to adopt a motion declaring that Zionism is racism and called for a single, democratic Palestinian state. Polanski, who is Jewish, did not cast a vote in the matter because he was campaigning for a by-election in Holborn and St Pancras.
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