The media is using the ‘Zionism is Racism’ conference motion to attack the Green Party, members say
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- The Guardian Worldseen 5 Oct, 17:06description edited
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Vivien Lichtenstein says she believes motion is unhelpful as anger grows over Zack Polanski’s absence for vote The head of the Jewish Greens has said she may leave the party after it voted to adopt a policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state. Vivien Lichtenstein said that while opinion among Jewish members of the party was split on the motion passed at its annual conference in Brighton on Sunday, she said she believed it was...Vivien Lichtenstein says she believes motion is unhelpful as anger grows over Zack Polanski’s absence for vote UK politics live – latest updates The head of the Jewish Greens has said she may leave the party after it voted to adopt a policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state. Vivien Lichtenstein said that while opinion among Jewish members of the party was split on the motion passed at its annual conference in Brighton on Sunday,...
- middleeasteye.netseen 6 Oct, 05:00URL changed
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- The Guardian Worldseen 9 Oct, 18:44headline rewritten
Leader of Jewish Greens calls for Zack Polanski to resign after byelection lossChair of Jewish Greens calls for Zack Polanski to resign after byelection loss - El Mundo (Spain)seen 12 Oct, 06:33headline rewritten
Adiós al 'sorpasso' por la izquierda: el Partido Verde británico se desinfla entre la controversia de su apoyo a Israel y la caída de su popularidadAdiós al 'sorpasso' por la izquierda: el Partido Verde británico se desinfla entre la controversia de su ataque a Israel y la caída de su popularidad
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Fri, 2 October 2026
2 reports- leftfootforward.org11:56first to report
‘The media is making it such a big focus’
- leftfootforward.org13:10
"The motion in its unamended form is problematic"
Sat, 3 October 2026
1 report- middleeasteye.net16:04
URL changednow www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-pro-israel-advoctaes-hound-green-party-over-zionism-racism-motion
MEE speaks to author of motion to declare Zionism a form of racism as protesters shout at Green members outside conference in Brighton
Sun, 4 October 2026
15 reports- Google News - Europe query13:11
U.K. Green Party Conference Debates Controversial 'Zionism Is Racism' Motion Haaretz
- Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)13:17
Die britischen Grünen haben ein spektakulär erfolgreiches Jahr hinter sich. Auf dem Parteitag wird sogar von einer Regierungsbeteiligung geträumt. Aber die Haltung zu Israel spaltet die Partei.
- Google News - Europe query14:11
U.K. Green Party Adopts Controversial 'Zionism Is Racism' Motion haaretz.com
- Google News - Europe query15:04
UK's Greens adopt ‘Zionism is racism’ motion, become Europe’s first mainstream anti-Zionist party The Jerusalem Post
- Google News - Top Stories16:07
Britain’s Greens have voted, shamefully, to say Zionism is racism The Economist Britain's Green Party votes to class Zionism as a form of racism Reuters Jewish groups attack Greens after anti-Zionism motion passes ft.com UK's Greens adopt ‘Zionism is racism’ motion, become Europe’s first mainstream anti-Zionist party The Jerusalem Post Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism The Guardian
- South China Morning Post16:26
The UK’s left-wing Green Party on Sunday voted to define Zionism as racism at the party’s annual meeting, 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 recent local and special elections, backed the motion at the party’s conference, with 1,022 votes in favour and 813 against. According to the motion, Zionism would be “treated as any other form of racism”...
- Die Zeit (Germany)16:33
Der Parteitag der britischen Grünen zeigt, wie weit die Radikalisierung des linken Lagers vorangeschritten ist. Dafür gibt es leider auch nachvollziehbare Gründe.
- The Guardian World17:40
Motion calling for single Palestinian state, which is opposed by most Green MPs and expected to be challenged, passes by 1,022 votes to 813 The Greens have formally adopted a policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state, a move opposed by the bulk of the party’s MPs and which is expected to face legal challenge. Zack Polanski, who heads the Greens in England and Wales and missed the vote at the party’s conference in Brighton to...
- nationalpost.com19:23
- El País (Spain)19:33
La votación fracciona a la formación y desata la ira de las organizaciones judías, que la acusan de antisemita
- Le Figaro (France)19:36
Le texte, adopté lors d’un congrès politique, a divisé le parti. Le président israélien Isaac Herzog a qualifié cette motion de «honte» et de «disgrâce».
- Anadolu Agency (AA)19:40
Motion reasserts party's commitment to Palestinian liberation, right of return, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, full arms embargo against Israel
- iRozhlas (Czechia)19:51
Britská strana Zelených, která ve volbách v roce 2024 získala šest procent hlasů, v neděli schválila rezoluci označující sionismus za formu rasismu. Informovala o tom agentura Reuters s tím, že rozhodnutí již kritizovaly britské židovské organizace. Místopředseda Zelených Mothin Ali řekl, že v pozadí rezoluce přijaté na výroční stranické konferenci stojí vysoký počet palestinských obětí během izraelské války v Pásmu Gazy.
- Al Jazeera English20:38
Israel's president declared that the 'antisemitic lie' deliberately endangers Jews and Israelis.
- Google News - Top Stories20:51
Green Party members back 'Zionism is racism' motion BBC Britain’s Greens have voted, shamefully, to say Zionism is racism The Economist Jewish groups attack Greens after anti-Zionism motion passes Financial Times Israel lashes out as UK’s Green Party formally defines Zionism as ‘racism’ Al Jazeera Britain's Green Party votes to class Zionism as a form of racism reuters.com
Mon, 5 October 2026
20 reports- ANSA (Italy)00:09
Critiche organizzazioni ebraiche e Israele che vieta ingresso nel Paese al leader Verdi
- Google News - Top Stories00:42
Britain’s Green Party votes to class Zionism as a form of racism CNN Green party of England and Wales facing international ostracism over ‘Zionism is racism’ vote The Guardian UK Green Party declares Zionism is racism, angering Israel Reuters I won't accept exclusion, says Polanski after criticism of Zionism motion BBC Before UK Greens, who else has equated Zionism with racism? Al Jazeera
- Anadolu Agency (AA)04:35
Move follows party vote backing single democratic state across historic Palestine with equal rights for all
- Index.hr (Croatia)05:03
PRIJEDLOG je prihvaćen s 1.022 glasa za i 813 protiv, unatoč protivljenju brojnih visokih dužnosnika stranke.
- The Guardian World07:00
Percentage who feel ‘very emotionally attached to Israel’ rose to 51% in June 2025, up 13 points from before Gaza war British Jews have become more likely to identify as Zionist, consider emigrating to Israel, and feel a close attachment to the country since the 7 October attacks, research has found. A study from the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) titled “October 8 Jews: The Impact of October 7 on British Jewish Identity”, by Dr David Graham, found the percentage of British Jews who...
- El Mundo (Spain)07:49
El Ministerio de Exteriores de Israel ha prohibido la entrada al país a Zack Polanski por considerar que la moción es un "texto claramente antisemita" que trasciende "los límites del debate político legítimo" y supone "una mancha en la historia" británica Leer
- Le Monde (France)08:16
Porteuse de divisions au sein du parti écologiste, la motion discutée dans le contexte de soutien à la Palestine a été adoptée, alors que les Greens sont déjà déstabilisés par le virage à gauche du Parti travailliste.
- The Guardian World09:00edited after publishing
Vivien Lichtenstein says she believes motion is unhelpful as anger grows over Zack Polanski’s absence for vote UK politics live – latest updates The head of the Jewish Greens has said she may leave the party after it voted to adopt a policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state. Vivien Lichtenstein said that while opinion among Jewish members of the party was split on the motion passed at its annual conference in Brighton on Sunday,...
- dailymail.com09:02
Mr Polanski is under huge pressure after Green members passed a 'Zionism is Racism' policy at its annual conference that effectively calls for the destruction of Israel.
- Novinky (Czechia)09:16
Lídr britských Zelených Zack Polanski nesmí vstoupit do Izraele, oznámilo izraelské ministerstvo zahraničí. Učinilo tak poté, co Polanskiho strana v neděli na stranickém sjezdu formálně označila sionismus za formu rasismu. Sionismus je etnicko-nacionální ideologický směr jehož hlavním cílem je vybudování národního státu Židů v Palestině.
- newvision.co.ug09:42
Israel's foreign ministry, declaring the resolution "a clear antisemitic text," announced in retaliation Sunday evening that Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar was barring the Green party's leader, Zack Polanski, from entering Israel.
- iDNES (Czechia)10:24
Anglická Strana zelených, která ve volbách v roce 2024 získala šest procent hlasů, v neděli schválila rezoluci označující sionismus za formu rasismu. Rozhodnutí již kritizovaly britské židovské organizace. Izraelské ministerstvo zahraničí oznámilo, že zakázalo vstup do země předsedovi strany Zacku Polanskému. I když se hlasováni nezúčastnil.
- Al Jazeera English12:16
The UK’s Green Party has voted to define Zionism as a form of racism.
- Al Jazeera English13:03
Israel condemns the move as the party's vote causes an uproar, including among party members.
- bbc.com14:40
What may be troubling for the Greens institutionally is what this episode reveals about some of the dynamics in the party.
- morningstaronline.co.uk17:30
THE Green Party has faced attacks from zionists after members voted to call out the ideology as racist at its conference.Party leader Zack Polanski has been barred from entering Israel by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which claimed the resolution “constitutes a clear antisemitic text.”Mr Polanski, a Jewish man who has been vocal about the genocide in Gaza, did not take part in the vote.In a statement with Green MPs and his deputies, Mr Polanski said there was “no conflict between supporting...
- Anadolu Agency (AA)18:53
After party passed motion at weekend conferrence, Amnesty International UK chair accuses Green party of failing to confront prejudice
- The Guardian World19:10
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 Zionism as a form of racism, which has drawn dismay from the group representing European Greens. The co-leader of the German Greens separately said the policy was “intolerable and unacceptable”, running...
- Google News - Europe query20:20
Green party of England and Wales facing international ostracism over ‘Zionism is racism’ vote The Guardian
- Google News - Europe query22:52
European Greens Condemn UK Green Party’s ‘Zionism Is Racism’ Motion i24NEWS
Tue, 6 October 2026
6 reports- The Guardian World05:45
In today’s newsletter: The party has voted to define Zionism as racist and back a single Palestinian state. But what does the policy mean, why has it caused alarm among Jewish members, and how will it impact the future of the Greens? Good morning. The Green party of England and Wales is in turmoil. Following a vote to adopt a policy that equates Zionism with racism , and calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state “with equal rights for all”, some Jewish members say they are...
- middleeasteye.net14:01
In the 1970s, it was the UN which defined Zionism as racism. Today it's the Green Party of England and Wales
- middleeasteye.net14:41
More than a century after promising the Jewish people a national home in Palestine, the document's fundamental contradiction has become inescapable
- Google News - Europe query16:16
The European Green Party Attacks Solidarity With Palestine Jacobin
- The Guardian World18:26
Minister says they could not see parties cooperating, while official says coalition should be formally ruled out Senior Labour party figures said it was very unlikely their party would cooperate with the Greens in the future after they adopted a policy treating Zionism as a form of racism. One Labour minister said they could not foresee how the two parties could work together, while a government official said Labour should formally rule out a future coalition or other arrangement. Continue...
- Al Jazeera English20:31
New resolution by the UK's Green Party says the answer is YES
Wed, 7 October 2026
5 reports- Le Figaro (France)05:00
EXCLUSIF - Les écologistes britanniques ont adopté une motion qui assimile le sionisme à une forme de racisme, au risque de favoriser la montée du nouvel antisémitisme. La lutte contre la judéophobie d’extrême droite ne doit pas masquer la menace que fait peser l’islam radical sur les Juifs en Europe, assurent cinq personnalités.
- Al Jazeera English12:33
And there is nothing radical about declaring it. It is a fact of history.
- Al Jazeera English12:37
The party’s new policy reflects ignorance of Zionism and does nothing to advance Palestinian self-determination.
- Google News - Top Stories15:26
Greens investigate party member behind Zionism motion BBC Yes, Zionism is racism Al Jazeera Tony Blair: Britain’s Fastest-Growing Party Has an Anti-Jewish Problem The Free Press Why Britain is being forced to revisit the Balfour Declaration Middle East Eye In Britain, ‘Jewish Greens’ chief mulls quitting party after ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion passes Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- henleystandard.co.uk20:41
A COUNCILLOR has spoken out against her party’s motion to define Zionism as a form of racism.
Thu, 8 October 2026
2 reports- middleeasteye.net12:15
Israel was forged out of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. The Greens have very belatedly recognised what should have been obvious all along
- manchestereveningnews.co.uk16:08
The Prime Minister described the motion as "a completely wrong decision"
Fri, 9 October 2026
5 reports- Anadolu Agency (AA)02:27
Andy Burnham says passage of motion showed 'terrible judgement'
- El País (Spain)06:34
La polémica en torno al sionismo perjudica al candidato, derrotado por Sagal Abdi-Wali, de origen somalí
- Der Spiegel (Germany)11:45
Die britischen Grünen galten als hip. Dann beschlossen sie: Zionismus sei Rassismus. Das Ergebnis: eine verlorene Nachwahl und eine gespaltene Partei.
- The Guardian World13:13edited after publishing
previously
Leader of Jewish Greens calls for Zack Polanski to resign after byelection lossVivien Lichtenstein urges party leader to quit over ‘Zionism is racism’ policy – but could face no-confidence motion herself The chair of the Jewish Greens has called for Zack Polanski to step down as pressure increases on the Green leader to acknowledge anger within the party over a new policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for the state of Israel to be abolished. The comments by Vivien Lichtenstein come after Caroline Lucas, the Greens’ former leader and first MP, criticised...
- El Mundo (Spain)23:02edited after publishing
previously
Adiós al 'sorpasso' por la izquierda: el Partido Verde británico se desinfla entre la controversia de su apoyo a Israel y la caída de su popularidadEl partido está sumido en una gran controversia después de que el domingo aprobara una moción en la que afirma que "el sionismo es racismo". Declaran su apoyo a "un único estado palestino en toda la Palestina histórica con Jerusalén como capital" Leer
Sat, 10 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World11:46
Ellie Chowns says vote for ‘Zionism is racism’ policy by 0.4% of members shows party processes are not working A Green Party MP has said she wants to make sure her party is not “vulnerable to capture by extremists and racists” amid the continuing fallout from the “Zionism is racism” vote. The party faces a political maelstrom over its policy decision last week to treat Zionism, the movement for a Jewish state, as any other form of racism, and to back a single Palestinian state over a two-state...
Sun, 11 October 2026
1 report- newburytoday.co.uk17:27
The vote to define Zionism as a form of racism was passed at the party conference in Brighton with around 1,000 votes in favour and 800 against.
Wed, 14 October 2026
5 reports- thejewishstar.com04:00
Almost two weeks after Britain’s Labour government announced a boycott of Israeli products from Judea and Samaria, another UK left-wing party, the Greens, on Sunday passed a resolution calling …
- Bloomberg Politics12:06
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham ruled out any future partnership with the left-wing Green Party after it adopted a motion stating “Zionism is racism.”
- Politico Europe14:17
The British prime minister condemned the left-wing party after it declared Zionism is racism.
- huffingtonpost.co.uk15:24
The Green leader accused the prime minister of “irresponsible blurring” between anti-semitism and challenging Israel.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)20:25
Green Party leader describes Andy Burnham's comments as 'dangerous and irresponsible blurring of challenging Israel and antisemitism,' which he calls 'deeply revealing'
Thu, 15 October 2026
2 reports- The Guardian World14:21
Party chair calls on Labour groups to end local deals if Green councillors do not reject motion attacked as ‘antisemitic’ UK politics live – latest updates Labour councils who share power with the Greens have been told to terminate agreements if their Green partners do not condemn the party’s new “Zionism is racism” policy. Bridget Phillipson, the Labour chair, said groups working with Green party politicians must “review” their agreements and end them unless they reject the controversial...
- Al Jazeera English16:36
Lubna Speitan, who has Palestinian roots, believes messages and emails are part of an effort to intimidate her.
Sat, 17 October 2026
1 report- Tagesschau (Germany)01:40
Eigentlich erlebten die Grünen in Großbritannien einen großen Aufschwung in diesem Jahr. Nun sorgt die Partei mit einem Beschluss zu Zionismus und Israel für Kontroversen - selbst in den eigenen Reihen. Von Franziska Hoppen.
Sun, 18 October 2026
2 reports- express.co.uk08:58
Things got tense
- The Guardian World17:38
Green leader in England and Wales calls ‘debates about words’ unhelpful and denies recent motion was controversial Zack Polanski has said Zionism in its current form is racist, that no country has a right to exist, and that the Green party motion on the issue was not controversial. The leader of the Green party in England and Wales gave an unapologetic interview to the BBC on Sunday two weeks after his party approved a motion equating Zionism with racism. Continue reading...
Tue, 20 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World08:55
Exclusive: Adrian Ramsay calls conference motion a distraction and says councillors should maintain coalitions where possible UK politics live – latest updates Adrian Ramsay, the former co-leader of the Greens, has urged his party’s councillors to reject the newly adopted “Zionism is racism” motion if it will help them stay in power in local government, in a fresh sign of internal dissent over the policy. Ramsay, one of the Greens’ five MPs, said he was pleased that a number of Green council...