Chief Rabbi denounces Green Party Zionism resolution as poisonous antisemitism
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis labeled the Green Party’s motion equating Zionism with racism as poisonous antisemitism, saying it endangers British Jews.
The Green Party’s conference adopted a resolution that treats Zionism as a form of racism, prompting Sir Ephraim Mirvis to condemn it as poisonous antisemitism and a threat to Britain’s Jewish community. The motion passed with 1,022 votes for and 813 against in Brighton, and led Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar to bar party leader Zack Polanski from entering Israel. Several Green MPs, including Ellie Chowns and Sian Berry, publicly rejected the motion, while the party affirmed its anti-racist stance.
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Why it matters
The dispute may influence relations between the United Kingdom and Israel and affect internal dynamics within the Green Party.
How this story developed
- Sep 22 Green Party leader clashes with pro-Palestinian motion calling for Israel's dissolution
- Oct 2 Polanski publicly declared an anti‑Zionist stance at a hustings event.
- Oct 4 The conference established a locked safe room for Jewish participants amid the Zionism debate.
- Oct 4 The motion passed with 1,022 votes for and 813 against, adopting language that labels Zionism as racism and endorses a single democratic Palestinian state throughout historic Palestine.
- Oct 5 Israel’s foreign ministry announced a ban on Green Party leader Zack Polanski from entering Israel.
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