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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism

Israeli flags wave outside the Brighton Centre during the Green Party's Conference
Israeli flags from a pro-Israel rally outside the Green party conference venue in Brighton on Sunday. Photograph: Gary Roberts/Sopa Images/Shutterstock

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 campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, has faced criticism for a perceived lack of leadership on a hugely divisive issue.

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