- Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis has condemned a Green Party conference motion defining Zionism as racism, labelling it poisonous antisemitism and a threat to British Jews.
- Green Party members voted 1,022 to 813 in favour of the motion at their conference in Brighton, declaring the Greens an anti-Zionist party.
- Following the vote, Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar barred Green Party leader Zack Polanski from entering Israel, accusing the party of legitimising the nation's destruction.
- The motion has exposed significant internal divisions, with four of the Green Party's five MPs publicly rejecting the new stance.
- The decision has drawn strong criticism from political opponents and the Board of Deputies of British Jews , who labelled the Greens an extremist party.
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