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Green Party conference set to vote on declaring 'Zionism is racism'

A Brighton conference motion branding Zionism racism has split Greens for Palestine activists from party veterans ahead of a Sunday vote.

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What to know

  • Green Party conference delegates are due to vote, expected Sunday, on a motion declaring 'Zionism is racism' and calling for a single Palestinian state.
  • A Guardian investigation found the campaigning group Greens for Palestine, which pushed the motion onto the agenda, has links to more militant anti-Zionist activists including David Miller.
  • Leader Zack Polanski has called himself anti-Zionist but backs amendments to soften the motion, which the motion's co-author has rejected outright.
  • If passed, the Greens would become the first major UK party to adopt the policy, raising concern among some Jewish members and coming just before a key byelection Polanski is contesting.

The dispute Whether coverage of Greens for Palestine's campaign is fair scrutiny of extremist influence or a biased 'hit piece' against a legitimate internal party movement. · positions read across 147 posts and comments

some voices

The Guardian's reporting on Greens for Palestine is a biased 'hit piece' that misrepresents the motion.

  • “Yet another hit piece... You would think that journalists would read the motion before they wrote about it...”

    greens4palestine.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
some voices

The motion is logically contradictory, condemning Jewish self-determination while championing Palestinian self-determination.

  • “That contradiction deserves to be confronted head-on.”

    Educational_Idea997 · r/ukpolitics ↗
some voices

Party veterans like Natalie Bennett are being evasive and complicit by refusing to clearly state their position.

  • “Yeah she’s still utterly complicit with what’s happening to the party but at least she’s found a public voice again at long last.”

    Magneto88 · Reddit ↗

“infiltrators and subversives”

David Miller, Anti-Zionist Movement member · The Guardian ↗ · Sep 30

Zack PolanskiZack Polanski Green Party leader (England and Wales)Lubna Speitan Co-author of the motion, Greens for PalestineNatalie Bennett Former Green Party leaderDavid Miller Key member of the Anti-Zionist Movement

Green Party conference set to vote on declaring 'Zionism is racism'
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How it unfolded 8 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesvideospostscomments

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  1. 8

    Online debate intensifies over the motion's logic and implications

    Discussion on r/ukpolitics argued the motion creates a contradiction by condemning Jewish national self-determination while backing Palestinian self-determination, as the conference heads toward its vote.

    • 🚨 NEW: The Green Party has officially voted to declare that "Zionism is racism" Yes: 1022 No: 813

      @PolitlcsUKX35d ago2.0k▲view on X ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 143 posts in this stretch
    • europeangreens.eu

      Our statement on the recent Green Party of England and Wales motion 'Zionism is Racism'.

      europeangreens.euBluesky34d ago519▲view on Bluesky ↗
    • junesim63@mstdn.social

      Green Party statement: "The motion sets out the Party’s opposition to Zionism, defined as an ethnonationalist political project, and states that anti-Zionism should not be equated with antisemitism. The motion reasserts the Party’s commitment to Palestinian liberation, the right of return, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), and a full arms…

      junesim63@mstdn.socialMastodon35d ago39▲view on Mastodon ↗
    all of them →
  2. 7

    Vote confirmed for Sunday; Greens could be first major UK party to act

    A live blog update said party insiders expect the vote on Sunday; if passed, the Greens would become the first major British party to formally recognise Zionism as a form of racism.

    “Yeah she’s still utterly complicit with what’s happening to the party but at least she’s found a public voice again at long last.”
    — Magneto88, Reddit commenter · source
    1. 1 outlet Green Party members to vote on declaring Zionism a form of racism at conference

      first by Middle East Eye, 37d ago

    • Yeah she’s still utterly complicit with what’s happening to the party but at least she’s found a public voice again at long last.

      Magneto88r/ukpolitics36d agoview on r/ukpolitics ↗
  3. 6

    Green Party conference opens in Brighton

    The annual conference began two days after Labour's conference ended, with members preparing to vote on the unprecedented motion to declare Zionism a form of racism.

  4. 5

    Ex-Green leaders criticise the 'Zionism is racism' motion

    Former party leaders spoke out against the motion ahead of the conference vote, according to reporting picked up on r/ukpolitics.

    1. 21 outlets Greens split on ‘Zionism is racism’ vote: ‘if it passes, I will leave’

      first by The Times, 36d ago · also Middle East Eye, Evening Standard, Breitbart, SCMP, Dawn, Anadolu Agency +14

      38 more headlines
    2. 5 outlets Britain’s Greens have voted, shamefully, to say Zionism is racism

      first by The Economist, 34d ago · also Anadolu Agency, Al-Monitor, Middle East Eye, Al Jazeera

      6 more headlines
    2 more claims →
  5. 4

    Natalie Bennett denies the party is split, dodges her own vote

    On Sky News's Cathy Newman Show on the eve of conference, former Green leader Baroness Natalie Bennett denied the party was split over the motion but would not say how she would vote.

    • therightarticle@mas.to

      Why Greens should support ‘Zionism is Racism’: a reply to detractors https://www. thecanary.co/opinion/2026/10/0 1/greens-zionism-is-racism/

      therightarticle@mas.toMastodon37d agoview on Mastodon ↗
  6. 3

    Washington Examiner frames vote as a possible party schism

    US outlet coverage characterised the conference motion as a flashpoint that could 'tear' the Green Party apart, noting Greens 4 Palestine's success in pushing it to the top of the agenda.

    1. 1 outlet UK Greens face possible schism over motion to recognize ‘Zionism is racism’ and demand ‘single Palestinian state’

      first by Washington Examiner, 38d ago

  7. 2

    Greens for Palestine denounces Guardian report as a 'hit piece'

    The group's Bluesky account accused the Guardian and reporter Peter Walker of not reading the motion before writing about it, rejecting the framing of the investigation.

    “Yet another hit piece... You would think that journalists would read the motion before they wrote about it...”
    — greens4palestine.bsky.social
    • greens4palestine.bsky.social

      Yet another hit piece... This time from @theguardian.com & @peterwalker99.bsky.social You would think that journalists would read the motion before they wrote about it... Full article: www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 🧵👇

      greens4palestine.bsky.socialBluesky38d ago9▲view on Bluesky ↗
  8. 1

    Guardian reports Greens for Palestine pushed motion onto agenda

    An investigation found the group Greens for Palestine (GfP) urged supporters to join the party specifically to get a 'Zionism is racism' motion debated and adopted, and detailed its links to the more militant Anti-Zionist Movement and former academic David Miller.

    “It doesn’t matter what the leadership thinks … We are certainly not here to negotiate the terms of our liberation or oppression with any of our oppressors.”
    — Lubna Speitan
    1. 2 outlets Group encouraging people to join Green party to back ‘Zionism is racism’ agenda

      first by The Guardian, 38d ago · also Guardian

    2. 1 outlet Jewish groups attack Greens after anti-Zionism motion passes

      first by FT, 35d ago

      1 more headline
    1 more claim →
    • novaramedia@mastox.eu

      RT: @ClareHymer Wrote for @ novaramedia about the Greens’ Zionism is Racism motion, speaking to anti-Zionists on both sides of the debate, to try and clarify what the dividing lines are. https:// novaramedia.com/2026/09/30/who -does-the-green-partys-zionism-is-racism-motion-really-serve/

      novaramedia@mastox.euMastodon39d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗

What people are saying 20 voices from 4 sites · best of 147 · verbatim

Still unanswered
  • How will Zack Polanski and other Green MPs actually vote on Sunday?
  • Will the motion's passage affect the Holborn and St Pancras byelection?
  • What happens to Jewish party members who support Zionism if the motion passes?