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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin

Greens ‘crossed a dangerous line’ with Zionism vote, warns Sir Tony Blair

  • Sir Tony Blair has warned Labour and Andy Burnham against entering a coalition with the Green Party after it voted to define Zionism as racism.
  • The former Labour prime minister accused the Greens of crossing a dangerous line that effectively brands the majority of British Jews as racists.
  • Chief rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis condemned the conference motion as a threat, whilst Amnesty International chair Sandy Ruthven resigned from the Green Party.
  • Green Party figure Zack Polanski was barred from entering Israel following the adoption of the policy at the party's annual conference.
  • A Green Party spokesperson dismissed Sir Tony's warnings, pointing to his role in taking the UK into the Iraq War .

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