The Green Party of the United Kingdom could tear itself asunder at next week’s party conference, where a vocal sub-group will put forward a motion declaring “Zionism is racism” and calling for a single Palestinian state.
Members of Britain's far-left Green Party have voted in favour of the party declaring that "Zionism is racism" at its conference on Sunday, as the party continues to shift towards Islamic interests from its former focus on the environment.
The UK's left-wing Green party on Sunday voted to define Zionism as racism at the party's annual get-together, drawing sharp backlash from British Jewish groups and the Israeli government. Members of the Green party, which has five MPs in Britain's 650-seat parliament and which enjoyed a boost in re…
By David Milliken LONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Britain's Green Party voted to class Zionism as a form of racism, drawing criticism from British Jews and from the Israeli government which said it now viewed the party as "a body that gives legitimacy to terrorism".
By David Milliken LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Britain's Green Party voted on Sunday to class Zionism as a form of racism, drawing criticism from British Jews and from the Israeli government which said it now viewed the party as "a body that gives legitimacy to terrorism".
The United Kingdom's Green Party adopted a "Zionism is Racism" motion during a conference on Sunday, cementing itself as one of Europe's first openly anti-Zionist parties.
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced Sunday that Green Party of England and Wales leader Zack Polanski would be barred from entering Israel after his party adopted a policy defining Zionism as a form of racism.
Israel harshly criticized the Green Party in the United Kingdom on Sunday, after it declared Zionism to be a form of racism and called for replacing Israel with a Palestinian state in a binding declaration.
The far-left leader of the British Green Party, Zack Polanski, has been banned from entering the state of Israel after his party adopted a motion declaring "Zionism is racism" as official policy on Sunday.
European Green party says motion goes against its policy, with German Green co-leader calling it ‘intolerable and unacceptable’ Zack Polanski may rue lack of leadership when Greens needed him to act The English and Welsh Greens are facing international ostracism after adopting a policy declaring Zio…