Greens pass Zionism motion Israel condemns the vote

Oct 4

Goodman reports that the Green Party of England and Wales approved a conference motion describing Zionism as racism and an ethnonationalist project, calling for an end to arms trade with Israel and a single democratic state in historic Palestine. Israel condemns the motion as antisemitic and legitimizing terrorism. Gideon Saar says leader Zack Polanski would be barred from Israel; Goodman notes Polanski did not vote on the motion. Those disputed characterizations remain attributed.

The Green Party of England and Wales approves a conference motion calling Zionism racist, ending arms trade with Israel and seeking a single democratic state in historic Palestine. Israel condemns it as antisemitic and legitimizing terrorism; Gideon Saar says Zack Polanski would be barred from Israel. Democracy Now notes that Polanski did not vote. These characterizations remain attributed. Köppel's October 6 commentary condemns the same anti-Zionism decision and, citing Bild for the protection-clause account, additionally claims that advocacy of Israel's right to exist is punished and that special protection for Jewish Green members was rejected. These are his reported claims and critical interpretation; the passage does not quote the motion text or establish a new British criminal law.